Local record label Mantooth Music will mix beats and charity in a rap and hip-hop concert Friday at Tasty World.

The show will benefit the Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support, a community support group that provides free psychosocial support for those in the community who are dealing with the effects of cancer.

“Ball in the Fall 2″ will feature local artists such as Ishues, C-Fresh, Bear and Elite Tha Showstoppa.

Recent Flagpole Music Award winners Deaf Judges also will be featured, as well as some Atlanta acts such as Mojo Swagger, Prophet and Goldy.

The event will work to mix fun with political issues, said Laura Gibson, director of promotions for Mantooth Music.

“Ishues is a political artist, and then you have someone like Elite Tha Showstoppa,” she said. “We like to keep it eclectic – it keeps things interesting.”

The concert will be recorded live so a mix CD can be released later, Gibson said.

Besides the music, the event will be hosted by Fort Knox of Strong Arm Management and will feature a special appearance by Buffie the Body, a model from Athens that has appeared in photo shoots for XXL magazine and had a part in the 2006 film “ATL.”

The Ball idea started last year when Gibson’s husband, Wil Smith, president of Mantooth Music, suggested they have a charity concert for her mother, who had cancer.

“It’s really important for those affected with cancer to stay on top of their attitudes,” Gibson said. “They’ve been through everything, and they need all the help they can get. Patients can call the center any time they want.”

The center provides individual counseling to deal with adjustment to the illness, said Mona Taylor, manager of the Smith Center.

“We help patients deal with the anxiety and depression that cancer can cause,” she said.

The center also provides a healing arts program involving creative writing and expressive painting.

Another major part of the organization is the genetic counseling program, which examines the family links of cancer through certain genes.

“With these genes it doesn’t mean you will get cancer,” Taylor said.

“It means you are at a higher risk, so you should get yourself and other family members tested. Our program offers counseling for the family as well as a chance to get tested.”

Mantooth Music was born when Smith moved to Athens in 2001 after performing for more than 15 years.