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Run’s House stars, Rev. Run and Justine Simmons are promoting their latest book on parental advice. Their new book is the paperback sequel to their first literary endeavor, the New York Times bestseller; “Take Back Your Family.” Entitled “Take Back Your Family: How To Raise Respectful and Loving Kids In a Dysfunctional World,” the patriarch and matriarch of the family give tag-team advice in particular on the importance of family time even if it means forcing your kids to do it.

“I was never like that with my parents. Diggy…oh my god, he doesn’t want us to come up to his school and you would think he would want his father to come. Oh my god, no, worse person to come up to his school. Russy, he don’t want you to get out the car. As far as a vacation, we make them go, number 1. You don’t have a choice and it’s funny because the ones that say they don’t wanna go, those are the ones that have the most fun. Same with Jo Jo, the Hawaii trip…He didn’t wanna say it on air but he said to me, my husband and the boys…he said, ‘I just want y’all to know, we’re really lucky that we have parents that love us and care about us.’ You know I started crying, child. He said, ‘I really didn’t wannna come on the trip but I’m really glad I did. I’m glad I got to spend time with you Diggy and Russy and I’m glad I got to spend time with you ma.’ I was just a mess…”

While their son Jo Jo is doing much better and appreciating family vacations, his fans were shocked to find out that he was arrested for possession of marijuana. Instead of running from the media and the negative press, Justine and Run embraced it, shaping the ordeal into a teachable moment and using it for the show. Rev Run spoke exclusively to HipHopWired about the irony of his son doing the same thing he did in his youth and teaching Jo Jo how to avoid the sins of his father.

“I told him he was selfish on the show, I don’t know if you saw that episode. I said when you went to jail, you took us all to jail. Number 1, you’re in a different predicament than me. I wasn’t Jo Jo, I was Run. I’m totally different. I couldn’t have had my father on TMZ, he wasn’t an entertainer. I didn’t have as much to protect, I didn’t have all this over me, all these expectations like that. He has a different situation, he just came off a show, he got a BMW, life is different. There’s no reason for him to do the things he does. So, yeah, give him a pass a little bit but there’s consequences here Jo Jo. Alright, how’d you like jail last night? Was it fun? How’d you like us being all over TMZ? Let’s make an episode out of this…I know you don’t like the cops, I know you don’t like your dad with the collar right now, I know you don’t like how we’re gonna make this an episode. So a lot came out of it and it’s up to him now to see if he’s gonna be smart and say, that was a little too edgy for me. You never know what the hell a kid might do. You know maybe he was scared, maybe not scared enough. I hope he was scared enough, all I can do now is pray.“

Moving away from the Jo-Jo fiasco, Run gave HipHopWired his perspective on the state of Hip-Hop today, expressing his appreciation for artists from Jay-Z to Gucci Mane.

“I like Jay-Z, Beyonce, I love the business people. Jay-Z’s married, Beyonce’s amazing. Young Jeezy’s doing what he supposed to do, he’s very dope on the mic. I love the creativity of Gucci Mane, I like some of the stuff. I’m part of it. Hip-Hop is on MTV in the form of a Reverend. Hopefully they look at me and gather a little bit of that and not try to fight the fact that Run has this going on his life. Hopefully that weighs a little on all these rappers that might be slightly unruly, put a little bit of Rev Run on ya. Not saying be totally me, but find some order…”

For more information on the Simmons’ book “Take Back Your Family: How To Raise Respectful and Loving Kids In a Dysfunctional World,” click here.