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The performers for the 2010 Hip Hop 4 HIV Concert on July 31st have been confirmed! Check them out inside!

Check out this trailer for Hip Hop 4 HIV that features our very own Madd Hatta, and Rap-A Lot CEO J. Prince talking about the importance of knowing your status, getting tested and using protection.

97.9 The Box joins forces with the City Of Houston to raise awareness on HIV. With the help of volunteers and Hip-Hop Celebrities those with HIV can learn to live with and without the disease.

Rae Lewis Thornton is living with AIDS. In 1986, she surprisingly discovered she was HIV positive after volunteering to donate blood at the local DC Red Cross center. She was only 23 years old.

Check out the flicks from last year's show!

Ciara was back in her hometown last weekend performing as a special guest at Hot 107.9’s Birthday Bash 15 also promoting an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign on stage with Sway of MTV News.

It has just been announced the Houston's own Z-Ro will also be performing at the Hip Hop 4 HIV Awareness concert July 31st!

Wrap it up and use protection, or you may get a visit from Houston Health Department worker, Doris Brooks.

Jaime Foxx speaks to the urgency of the HIV epidemic among young African Americans and encourages people to talk about HIV.

President Barack Obama took some time on World AIDS Day to remember the history of the AIDS epidemic and to thank all those who work so hard to stop this epidemic and educate the public.

Meet Cherrelle Edwards. She contracted HIV from her boyfriend at the age of 18.

Man knowingly gives AIDS to dozens of women.