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With the success of the male urban clothing line, Vokal, rapper Nelly took a look at the women’s market and saw a definite need in women’s choices. Nelly, along with his business partners, Yomi Martin and Ian Kelly, conceived of the idea of a flattering line of clothes for all women’s sizes and figures.

Nelly off-handedly called the idea Apple Bottom, to the delight of his partners, and the name became legend in the history of feminine hip-hop fashion. Starting with jeans, the brand grew to dresses, tops, shoes, accessories, and most recently a girl line of urban fashionables.

One of the perks that has grown with the Apple Bottom line are various charities that were developed by Nelly to help with children’s health issues and the African-American community. “Sho 4 Kids” is a charitable organization that was formed to help kids with developmental disorders; Jes Us 4 Jackie, named after Nelly’s sister, was organized to increase community awareness about Leukemia, including necessary bone marrow donations.

Apple Bottom clothing has also been known to donate clothing coupons to certain charitable fundraisers, allowing a portion of each coupon to go to the buyer’s charity of choice. This is a great way to give to the needy while also buying good products – and is especially advantageous during holiday seasons.

All in all, Apple Bottom clothing is a hot urban fashion line that was formed to help women find the clothes that fit their particular figure and has also taken the time to give back to the community through charitable giving and helping with needs of the community.

This is known as synergy: the perfect win/win situation.

Many people probably wonder how so many well-to-do’s can throw a lot of money around to non-profits like it were candy. The answer’s two-fold:

One, because they can; and two, because it helps them, too!

It’s pretty certain that the latter went way above your head. The fact that the filthy rich are so capable of just ‘donating’ their money to whatever is clear. But how can it help them? How does donating help them? And why?

The reality behind the way the financial world works is that every donation — such as a brand-new car, or $500, or a set of poker tables — is like you giving your own slice of cake to somebody else in the room, which means Mommy (or Daddy) rewards you with something else to make up for it.

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Think of our government as Mommy (or Daddy). What you do with every charitable donation is write it off as a tax deduction. Basically, that simply means you’re telling the government that this can cut your tax down some, because you’re making it a gift toward somebody else. You, in essence, will pay less tax than if you hadn’t made that charitable donation in the first place.

Now, yes, why would anyone want to give away something so hefty in price anyway? Maybe they don’t need the item anymore. Maybe they’re upgrading to something better. Who knows. But if the rich out there need to give away some of the stuff they have because they’re not using it, why not write it off as a tax deduction? Smart.