(Photos by Scott Harrison | Retna. Additional photos courtesy of XS.)

Diddy brought out Dirty Money to the Hard Rock Cafe Saturday with 50 Cent, who was pushing his new record while they signed guitars to benefit World Hunger Year. We thoroughly applaud Diddy’s plan to feed starving kids with nothing but Ciroc vodka and vague promises of a recording contract if they can find their way here from the Sudan.

After the fight that night, Diddy was at XS inside Encore along with Jermaine Dupri, Ray J and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Robert Kardashian dropped by to chat with Ray J. Now look, clearly if Mayweather does fight Pacquiao, he’ll have all sorts of American musicians on his side, but how many of them sing in Tagalog? Unless Diddy did a “Come With Me” remix for the Philippines release of Godzilla we don’t know about, that would be exactly none. Pacquiao is his own musical entourage and he does it in two languages. That can’t sit well with Mayweather.

Also at XS were Mario Lopez with girlfriend Courtney Laine Mazza, Ne-Yo, Brian Urlacher, Jay Cutler, Jerome Bettis, soccer player Dwight York and World Series champion and ALCS MVP CC Sabathia along with teammate Xavier Nady and Seattle infielder Bill Hall.

Another music star was in the house on the opposite side of the dancefloor as Ne-Yo and a large party enjoyed their evening at a plush VIP booth. New York Yankees star pitcher CC Sabathia returned to XS for a second evening and was joined again by teammate/outfielder Xavier Nady and Seattle Mariners infielder Bill Hall.

It was Yorke’s and Sabathia’s second night there, having turned up on Friday. Detroit pitcher Justin Verlander was there as well, as was acting husband and wife couple Sherri Saum and Kamar de los Reyes.

But Sabathia and Nady weren’t the only Yankees in town for the weekend. Oh no, There was plenty of ring-waving going on. Derek Jeter was at N9NE Steakhouse inside the Palms with two friends. Jermaine Dye was at the bar, while Jim Gray took over Moon for a private 50th birthday party that included Muhammad Ali, Larry King, Bill Walton, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Frank Caliendo, Eric Dickerson, Joe Morgan and Don Shula. Jeter came up later. We believe he ascended directly to the club without the aid of an elevator, reportedly on a bed of clouds while a single beam of light illuminated his passage. These are the kinds of things that happen to you when you’re Derek Jeter.

By Jason Scavone

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