Nothing stands out in a pack of film industry glitterati like a bling-toting rapper, and Sundance had plenty this year. Chief among the bedazzled wordsmiths were no less than his VitaminWater-ness 50 Cent, girl-happy Akon, and purple drink-havin' screamer Li'l john.

Over the weekend, Harry-O's and Bethany Frankel's ChefDance hosted a private dinner for 50 Cent, that included guests Macy Gray,, Chamillionaire, Kim Kardashian, and boyfriend Reggie Bush, the ever-stunning Jessica White, and other rap industry producers and notables such as Benny Boom. Before the meal started, Frankel came over to greet 50 and his entourage. The petite chef grabbed a huge gold chain off an unidentified posse member's neck and threw it around her own. As she walked away, 50's pal became increasingly nervous: "Yo! You coming back right, girl?" She did return a few minutes later with the chain, to his relief.

The re-blinged hype man then had a particularly alarming exchange with a fellow diner about "the lack of guns and shoot outs here in Utah. Man, they ain't no need for a vest, even." Well said.

Afterwards, 50 hit the stage upstairs at Tao for a performance. In the VIP area, Method Man strolled in with his crew and promptly had a group of press members booted from their table so his posse could sit, despite being overtly friendly with them moments before. The Wu-Tang'r didn't even sit down, but rather stood to the side, his hood hiding his bearded face, and swayed gently to 50's rhymes.

And who would have guessed Akon is really a "nice, normal, clean guy," what with the nasty tales of fan-tossing and underage rape charges and all? After the rapper's Tao performance, he brought an aging, but still attractive blonde back to his hotel room at the Canyons Resort. The guest tells Radar, "He picked me out from the crowd and I went backstage to meet him and we ended up going back to his room with his friends. He was such a gentleman. He wasn't drinking or doing any drugs. Just hanging out with his pals." The kicker? "I was really shocked when he didn't even ask me to suck his dick!" the woman excitedly exclaimed.

Elsewhere L'il Jon made his presence known up and down Main Street. After randomly ending up on stage during a Velvet Revolver performance, the sunglasses-clad hip-hopper turned up at Greenhouse, literally stinking like a leafy green substance. "When he walked by me, I swear I got high just from smelling him," said one reveler. Jon got on stage helping Wil.i.am spit hits, like "I Got it From My Momma," before chugging straight from a bottle of Belvedere vodka. Fellow Sundancers, take notes!