Roland Martin talks with the CEO of Truth in Reality, Sil Lai Abrams, about Russell Simmons‘ Harriet Tubman sex tape and how it’s about more than just misrepresenting a historic figure.
Russell Simmons is the latest victim of social media backlash. A video purported to be Harriet Tubman’s sex tape hit his You Tube channel yesterday and the black social media universe wasted no time letting him know just how much he’d erred. Not only did Black Twitter and just about every other place where black […]
A couple of weeks ago CNN weekend anchor Don Lemon got the attention of a lot of folks when he went all in with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly assessment on the black community. The attention he got was decidedly mixed from black folks, but basically it wasn’t received too well. Notably, hip hop mogul Russell […]
CNN’s Don Lemon rubbed a few people the wrong way when he defended Bill O’Reilly’s claim that hip-hop culture has a negative influence on the…
Uncle Russ has been in the kitchen cooking up something new. Russell Simmons, music executive Steve Rifkind, who helped launch the careers of Wu-Tang Clang…
The NRA (National Rifle Association) has recently unveiled a new campaign to target the black community. Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons believes that the NRA is trying to convince black people that they need guns to fight “the man”. Adding that recent hiring of “urban gun enthusiast” Colion Noir is also problematic. Read his opinion below. […]
Russell Simmons is known for being a great businessman in the hip-hop industry. However, one of Simmons’ ex-business partners is accusing him of being shady.…
In a blended family tradition, Russell Simmons spent the holiday in St. Barts with his new German model girlfriend Hana Nitsche, ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons and their kids. The 55-year-old mogul arrived to the island and immediately had dinner with Kimora and their children Ming and, Aoki as well as Kenzo, Kimora’s son with ex-boyfriend […]
Hip Hop business man and mogul Russell Simmons is calling out Jay-Z for refusing to understand the Occupy Wall Street movement. In a letter published in Uptown Magazine, Simmons tries to convince the rapper how powerful and influential he can be to the poor if he supported the Occupy movement. The former Def Jam Records […]
To hip hop and fashion mogul Russell Simmons, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is like "a rap beef" that can be resolved through dialogue and understanding. "A little trust, and it's over," he said. The cofounder of the pioneering Def Jam Recordings record label, which has represented such artists like the Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Jennifer […]
