Russell Simmons - best news, blogs, videos, photos and more - Boxxet

A major hassle for poor Rich

03 Jun 2009 00:08:50 PDT

Washington Observer Reporter WA Petty, 45, has also appeared in “Point Break” and “A League of Their Own.” It's a boy for former fashion model Kimora Lee Simmons and actor Djimon Hounsou. Simmons, 34, also has two daughters with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, whom she divorced in ...

Original story at The Spokesman Review .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Kimora Lee Simmons has a baby boy

02 Jun 2009 09:52:01 PDT

This will make a big, blended family, as Simmons has two daughters, Ming Lee and Aoki Lee, with her ex-husband music entrepreneur, Russell Simmons. Thanksgiving with the Honsou, Lee Simmons' should be an exponentially blended family ordeal, ...

Original story at Examiner.com .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Jay-Z Leaves Def Jam

22 May 2009 03:14:47 PDT

The one time president of Def Jam records Jay-Z has stunned the hip hop community by leaving the iconic imprint. Def Jam records was founded by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin in a dorm room at New York University. Although the label's first release was ...

Original story at ClashMusic.com .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Russell Simmons: Don't be in a rush to judge

22 Apr 2009 14:56:12 PDT

TX The hip-hop entrepreneur went on to defend his card by saying it's a better alternative than check cashing businesses that the underbanked use because they can charge fees up to 10 percent. His card also offers its users to shop online and rent a car, ...

Original story at CreditCards.com .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

“When Makin Money” The HSAN Story

07 Jan 2009 02:00:17 PST

Written by detrickclark
With over two decades of tangible fame, fortune and success in every facet of the hip hop culture Simmons has grown to become the mogul and the guru of hip hop. Simmons is sharing this fame, fortune, and success with students and people across the nation through his Hip Hop Summit Action Netw...

Original story at Brand Newz .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Whose House? Run’s House! The 5 Best Things About Growing Up Simmons

05 Jan 2009 07:55:30 PST

Written by Show Girl
Trust us — when your pop’s Rev Run, there ain’t nothin’ wrong with being a daddy’s girl. And now that Angela and Vanessa Simmons are about to strike out on their own, we’ve decided to take a look back at where they came from by rounding up the top five best things about growing up [...]

Original story at MTV Remote Control .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Russell Simmons news and blogs - November 21, 2009

21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Russell Simmons news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Kimora Lee Simmons Buys Carriage -- from Webcastr.com - Fashion
• Suddenly, hip-hop can't hate on Soulja Boy's swag -- from Creative Loafing Atlanta
• Russell Simmons Spring-Summer 2009 -- from SoJones
• Nonfiction Reviews: 6/15/2009 -- Publishers Weekly, 6/15/2009 -- from Publishers Weekly
• Russell Simmons Says Tila Tequila Is Like Michelle Obama -- from TheInsider.com
• Adidas Knows How to Party -- from Reuters
• Barack Obama and the Contours of African American Social Protest ... -- from Political Affairs Magazine
• Manhattan student raises $300000 for war-torn Liberia -- from New York Daily News
• Ventures to 'The Other Side of Paradise' -- from Jamaica Gleaner
• David Archuleta of American Idol Woos Washington -- from U.S. News & World Report

See complete Russell Simmons news, blog, video, and photo coverage at Boxxet.

Russell Simmons: Do The Right Thing: Hillary for Secretary of State

18 Nov 2008 11:30:26 PST

Written by Russell Simmons
Some in mainstream media today refer to Obama's "team of rivals." But at GlobalGrind.com, we do not see Hillary Clinton as a rival to Barack Obama. We see Hillary as an Obama supporter and a champion for the change that Obama embodies. If chosen she would be one of Obama's most loyal advocates an...

Original story at Huffington Post .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Russell Simmons: The Vision of the Hip-Hop Generation

05 Nov 2008 10:23:55 PST

Written by Russell Simmons
The election of Barack Obama, a resounding progressive voice, is a clear reflection of hip-hop politics, and a beautiful testament to the American collective consciousness that is flowering. The vision of the hip-hop generation and its young people was in full and glorious effect last...

Original story at Huffington Post .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Russell Simmons and Rev. Lennox Yearwood: Getting Out the Vote

15 Oct 2008 10:25:59 PDT

Written by Russell Simmons and Rev. Lennox Yearwood
We're able to combine forces to encourage many young Americans to vote in what is probably the most important presidential election of our generation. This is our lunch-counter moment for the 21st century. Russell Simmons: Empowering young people is at the heart of the Hip-Hop Summit Act...

Original story at Huffington Post .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Russell Simmons: 2008 Presidential Reality Check: Poverty Matters as Young People Vote for Change in America

25 Aug 2008 20:55:39 PDT

Written by Russell Simmons
Democracy is at its best when all eligible people participate in the process. In the past, there have been too many who did not register to vote and stood by and watched others determine America's political and economic future. As a consequence of the last eight years of President George W. Bu...

Original story at Huffington Post .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Russell Simmons: Taking Back Our Families

19 Aug 2008 18:28:14 PDT

Written by Russell Simmons
That's why I'm so excited about a Barack Obama presidency. It's going to be incredibly healthy for this country to address the issues surrounding families with a new voice and a new perspective. I'm also extremely proud of my brother--- while he first became famous as a rapper helping intro...

Original story at Huffington Post .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Poor Rich People Having Less Fun in the Hamptons This Year

19 Jul 2008 05:15:12 PDT

Written by ian spiegelman
Oh pooh! The moneyed slobs of the Hamptons are feeling the pinch of the recession this summer! Tiffy's gala will be positively ruined! "Trustees of the Children’s Museum of the East End rejected a dinner dance at a rented farm in favor of a cocktail party on the museum grounds here, replace...

Original story at gawker.com .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Russell Simmons: Consciousness Rising

03 Jul 2008 15:11:48 PDT

Written by Russell Simmons
It has been an honor to watch her commit to memory the content of some of my favorite books such as The Yoga Sutras, The Bhagavad-Gita; The Song of G-d, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Textbook of Yoga Psychology and Jivamukti Yoga (Practices for Liberating Body and Soul), Autobiography of a Yogi, D...

Original story at huffingtonpost.com .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Kimora Lee Simmons Is Not Going To Let Russell Be Another Deadbeat Dad

26 Jun 2008 06:00:00 PDT

Written by Moe
Russell Simmons is forking over $20,000 per daughter in child support to Kimora Lee, which seems about right when you take into account that they are not just children but living ambassadors of Fabulosity. [TMZ]Naomi Campbell was kind enough to get arrested wearing one of Nelson Mandela...

Original story at Jezebel .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Producer Rick Rubin hired by Columbia Records

15 May 2007 13:00:00 PDT

Written by Richard Driver
Rubin is a very prolific producer and has worked with numerous artists in the past twenty years. In addition to Johnny Cash and Columbia's Dixie Chicks he has also worked with Linkin Park (he produced their new album Minutes to Midnight), Metallica, Tom Petty, and U2 (he produced their col...

Original story at Blogging Stocks .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Podcast: Really Really Good: Cue's Review's, New Music from Eve, Joe, Collie Buddz, and More

30 Apr 2007 05:47:09 PDT

Written by Laron Cue
You Can't Say That Anymore - Lorraine Ali/Newsweek Is Russell Simmons Playing Politics With Hip-Hop? by Alexander Billet Cleaning Out Rap Sewer - Fort Wayne.com Jeff Chang and Dave Zirin: Hip-hop generation is fighting misogyny Rapper Backs Off "Snitching" Comments - TMZ

Original story at Blogcritics .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more.

Deborah Solomon's Interview with Russell Simmons: The Remix

29 Apr 2007 14:13:57 PDT

Written by jliu
In the years since you sold your stake in Def Jam, you've gone into the fashion business and developed clothing lines like Phat Farm and Baby Phat. Do you still run them with your wife, Kimora Lee? Unfortunately, I do. My nickname is Rush, but I practice yoga every day so I can rush less.

Original story at gawker.com .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Uncomfortable Race Situations: Deborah Solomon's Interview with Russell Simmons: The Remix

29 Apr 2007 14:13:57 PDT

In the years since you sold your stake in Def Jam, you've gone into the fashion business and developed clothing lines like Phat Farm and Baby Phat. Do you still run them with your wife, Kimora Lee? Unfortunately, I do. My nickname is Rush, but I practice yoga every day so I can rush less.

Original story at Gawker .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Eric Deggans: As Criticism turns to Hip Hop, Russell Simmons Creates the Perfect Dodge

26 Apr 2007 09:46:19 PDT

Written by The Huffington Post News Team
Simmons' solution? Let's ban all the words that upset people -- from the clean versions of hip hop singles. 3) It allows folks like Simmons to keep playing the philanthropist to the wider world without challenging rap artists to really adopt new messages or tell stories in a different way.

Original story at Huffington Post .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Russell Simmons Cleans Up Hip Hop

24 Apr 2007 08:27:06 PDT

Written by Jen Carlson
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...

Original story at Gothamist .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Oprah's Hip-Hop Town Hall

19 Apr 2007 12:59:33 PDT

I was able to catch the second day of Oprah’s round table discussion on ….what else? (For a recap of the first day of the discussion you can find it at Oprah.com) and found myself getting a tad annoyed, even though I have even more respect for former Def Jam head Russell Simmons that I did before. W...

Original story at BlogHer .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Hip Hop's Secret Meeting

18 Apr 2007 22:03:58 PDT

Written by Jen Carlson
Should musicians lose their jobs or their contracts for using words that are considered racist and sexist? As seen in the video clip below, the former EIC of Essence Magazine thinks so. She is met with many who disagree, however, one of which is Russell Simmons. He thinks actions like this wi...

Original story at Gothamist .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Dear Black Woman, You Are Not a Victim

18 Apr 2007 16:36:33 PDT

Written by Ayofemi Hunter-Kirby
Simmons, Liles, and Chavis repeatedly skirted around the issue at hand, blaming poverty, and ignorance for making hip-hop "the mirror of the parts of society America wants to ignore." They were convinced and are on a crusade to convince the world that they truly care about the well-being...

Original story at Blogcritics .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

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

15 Apr 2007 17:19:17 PDT

Written by Bernie(heidkamp@earthlink.net)
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...

Original story at PopPolitics .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons.

Opinion: Run's House - The Complete Seasons 1 & 2

25 Mar 2007 18:38:46 PDT

MTV's Run's House is a reality television series that first aired in 2005. The show is about hip-hop artist Joseph Simmons (a.k.a. Rev Run) and his family. Rev Run was a member of the musical group Run-DMC and the younger brother of Def Jam Records founder Russell Simmons. This reality show takes...

Original story at DVD Talk .

View our complete collection of news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: Russell Simmons news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more.