"I am very well, very happy to be seen."

Since rapper T.I. was released from prison and sent to a halfway house, media has been buzzing about the rapper's next moves and when he would make his way back into the spotlight.

On Monday, the rapper made his first public appearance during the taping of a benefit concert for Alzheimer's research.

Titled “For The Love of Our Fathers”, the fundraiser was given a surprise appearance by T.I. as he came out to support his girlfriend Tameka “Tiny” Cottle who hosted the event along with Toya.

Held at Club Opera in Atlanta, fans were also treated to brief performances from The Tams, which was a group that features Tiny's father, Charles Pope, along with the up and coming group The OMG Girlz, which features the daughters T.I. and Lil Wayne.

According to the Atlanta- Journal Constitution, the rapper was also in a mood to give back as he presented Tiny with a blue Porsche Panamera laced with a bright red bow.

Now that the King is finally back out to play, it is only a matter of time before the music starts to flow again and the rapper takes his throne on Hip-Hop once again.

Presented by The Heavy Sound, the event, “Mind Body Soul: A Benefit Concert to Raise Awareness of Diabetes”, will take place later tonight at 8 p.m. at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn's Williamsburg District at 361 Metropolitan Avenue.

Acting as hosts for the special occasion will be rapper Michael Rapaport along with Mr. Malik Isaac Taylor, who is known best from A Tribe Called Quest as ‘Phife Dawg.  Taylor will also be the Guest of Honor.

As the Guest of Honor, Taylor had to deal with his own battles against diabetes after being first diagnosed with it back in May 1990.

In 1999, a bump on the back of his neck, after testing results, opened Phife's eyes to the fact that his kidneys may have died and there was a possibility that he would have to start dialysis.  He recently had to undergo surgery and received his long-awaited kidney transplant thanks to his wife who was the donor.

Those in attendance should be in store for performances from names like Ghostface Killah, Talib Kweli, Jay Electronica, Grand Puba and more with D-Lyfe serving as the DJ for the night's festivities.

There will also be special guest appearances from Statik Selektah and DJ Premier.

This will be Phife's first major appearance in New York since the surgery.

To be a part of this event tonight contact rsvp@theheavysound.com.

Artists will also help out with community service before the event by delivering food to the American Charity Food Bank that helps feed 5,000 families in the winter. The concert takes place in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday October 16.

The concert and charity work should prove to be a fitting distraction to X who will be in training for his upcoming mixed martial arts battle. He's taking on the CEO of Power Moves Entertainment, Eric Martinez during Alabama's ‘Alabama Pride' celebration in December. His fight will not be the main attraction at the event. Instead the match between mixed martial artists Butterbean and Tank Abbot will take center stage.