Russell Simmons is well known to young people as Uncle Rush, hip-hop’s pioneering godfather. His Def Jam label and Rush management company has brought the world stars like Public Enemy, LL Cool J and The Beastie Boys. His brother hip-hop pioneer Run of Run DMC turned reality star Rev. Run, has for years tweeted daily […]
Former lovebirds Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons have this co-parenting thing down to a science. Their blended family runs like a well-oiled machine, and honestly,…
Malcolm X and rap music have always fit together like a needle in the groove, connected by struggle, strength and defiance. But three recent episodes involving the use or misuse of Malcolm and other black icons have raised the question: Has rap lost touch with black history? Chart-topping rapstress Nicki Minaj provoked widespread outrage with […]
What’s up with celebs sneaking and tying the knot behind our backs? First Kerry Washington gave us the surprise of a lifetime when she secretly…
John Singleton is developing a Miami-set drama at HBO under the cable channel’s production deal with Russell Simmons, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The Oscar-nominated “Boyz n the Hood” writer-director-producer is developing “Club Life: Miami,” which is set against the South Beach club scene and follows a reformed criminal who moves to Miami and gains […]
Russell Simmons To André Leon Talley: ‘I’ve Done More For Blacks In Fashion And Gay Rights’ Than You
Once upon a time, you might have found Russell Simmons and André Leon Talley seated across from each other front row during New York Fashion Week.…
Help wanted! Diddy is hosting what he calls the “biggest global talent search for on-air talent.” The media mogul recently posted a video calling for…
CNN’s Don Lemon and music mogul Russell Simmons finally came face to face and discussed Lemon’s controversial critique of the black community, and Simmons’ reaction to it. Simmons previously wrote an open letter to Lemon, which Lemon responded to on the air. Now the two have finally hashed things out in an interview that aired […]
Jeff Johnson has 3 Things You Should Know starting off with what we can learn from Antoinette Tuff. Antoinette Tuff showed courage when she persuaded a gunman…
Comedian Chris Paul gives his hilarious take on the the day’s hottest topic. Russell Simmons is still apologizing for the Harriett Tubman sex tape sketch that turned all of black America against him. Russell now says that he may have an actual Harriett Tubman biopic in the works. He’s just waiting to see if Meryl […]
For the first time since Russell Simmons‘ newly launched All Def Digital released a horrific and poorly executed parody entitled the “Harriet Tubman Sex Tape,” the…
