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Russell Simmons is a man of many hustles. His latest is an upcoming Broadway musical, aptly titled The Scenario, based on the history of Hip-Hop.
Russell Simmons is an icon in Hip-Hop circles, but this will certainly elicit side-eyes. Uncle Rush is teaming with Worldstar Hip Hop to develop projects for television.
An estimated 60,000 protesters walked the streets of New York City on Saturday (December 13) to combat the racial injustice exhibited in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases. REVOLT were among the crowd, and had a chance to speak with respective Hip-Hop legends Nas and Russell Simmons.
Common and Russell Simmons spoke with conviction on the steps of New York City’s City Hall alongside activists, protesters, and fellow artists on Wednesday morning (December 10). Their message was simple, there needs to be major changes implemented to the race-based policing culture not just in the Big Apple, but across the each of the States.
The estranged father of Odd Future singer Frank Ocean is suing Russell Simmons for a cool $142 million. The “Novacane” singer’s dad filed a lawsuit claiming Simmons and his Global Grind website defamed him by calling him a deadbeat dad.
Noisey’s Back & Forth series returns with their most accomplished duo yet–Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin. In part one, the music industry legends discuss the humble beginnings of Def Jam Records on the 30th anniversary of the label’s founding.
Jay Z’s recent advocacy for Prop. 47 in California — an initiative that if passed would reduce penalties for non-violent crimes, including certain drug possession offenses, from felonies to misdemeanors — doesn’t come by chance. The rapper’s words actually tie into a movement sweeping the web titled #SchoolsNotPrisons.
On Thursday (July 31), LL Cool J alongside Russell Simmons visited New York City jail complex, Rikers Island.
Russell Simmons just hosted Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation’s 15th annual Art For Life benefit on Saturday (July 26). As the official kick off to Bombay Sapphire’s 5th Annual Artisan Series program, Doug E. Fresh, Rick Ross, Naughty by Nature and more helped celebrate at this year’s gala.
After a classic episode with former Roc-A-Fella affiliate, Sauce Money, The Combat Jack Show returns with a candid chat with legendary label founder and entrepreneur Russell Simmons.
Russell Simmons and Rasheed Young have two very different accounts of what could have happened to millions upon millions of dollars. Young alleges that the Hip-Hop mogul and his brother, Rev Run, kept the money, and Uncle Rush has offered up an explanation.
Q-Tip is weighing in on Gwyneth Paltrow’s n-word “tweeting scandal,” and he’s upset with Russell Simmons for defending the Oscar winner. Uncle Rush wrote a blog post on his Global Grind website yesterday about the history of the n-word, in a foolish attempt to remove some of the “power” behind the word.