Russell Simmons

Maya Angelou, Black Women and Hip Hop: "How Have We Come So Late and Lonely to This Place"

PopPolitics | by Bernie(heidkamp@earthlink.net) | Sun, Apr 15

Sun, Apr 15 Disagreeing with Russell Simmons' comment that "comparing Don Imus' language with hip hop artists' artistic expression is misguided and inaccurate," Maya Angelou on the CBS Evening News just said:It's all the same. All vulgarity is vulgarity. If you mean to...

[Read original...]

source: Gothamist

This of course was all following the Don Imus scandal, after which Simmons actually defended some hip hop and rap artists as "poets". Recommendation to the Recording and Broadcast Industries: A Statement by Russell Simmons and Dr. Benjamin Chavis on behalf of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Ne...

Published Tue, Apr 24

Real, Live Rapper Weighs In on Proper Use of the Word “Ho” external link

source: Rolling Stone

Don Imus’ firing has seriously stoked the flames of the free speech debate in this country. While Russell Simmons and company discuss the future of hip hop in glitzy Manhattan apartments, musicians, comics, writers and basically anyone who tends to speak out in a public way about anythin...

Published Fri, Apr 20