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Russell SimmonsEntrepreneur, Designer, Philanthropist
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Early Years
Born: October 4, 1957
New York, New York
Briefly attended City College of New York
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FOUNDER
Def Jam Records
Phat Farm
Simmons Lathan Media Group
Unirush Financial Services
Simmons Jewelry Co.
GlobalGrind.com
Argyleculture
Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation
Hip-Hop Summit Action Network
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Took Part In...
Foundation of Ethic Understanding
PETA
ASPCA
Los Angeles’ 2010 Gay Pride Rally
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Author
Do You! 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success
Super Rich: Inside and Out
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Inspiration.
He wants to give a voice to engage a new kind of day with “creative and social movements” to enhance America.
Potential
Obama
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Legacy.
Music, Fashion, Producer, Supporter
Def Jam Records
Father of Hip-Hop
Phat Farms
Roc-A-Wear, Sean John, Derion, Enyce, Ecko, etc.
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Why?
Equal Rights to Everyone
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Def Jam Records
created:1984
Hip-Hop and Urban Music
Kurtis Blow, Run DMC, Will Smith, the Beastie Boys, Jay Z, LL Cool J, and Ludacris
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Phat Farm
First Jump into the fashion industry
Opened doors for many other popular fashion lines
Baby Phat and Run Athletics
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Simmons Lathan Media Group
Simmon’s first step into other forms of media other than music
Def Comedy Jam, Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, The Nutty Professor, Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, Run’s House, and Runny Russell Simmons
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Unirush Financial Services
Give access or those who are under serviced or rejected by banks and is now known as the most largest growing general purpose debit card service
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Simmons Jewelry Co.
First African American Major Jewelry Co.
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GlobalGrind.com
Entertainment Website
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Argyleculture“Multi-Racial, Culturally Sophisticated” fashion line
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Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation
giving urban youth access to the arts
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Hip-Hop Summit Action Network
used to teach at risk kids to use hip hop music as an educational tool for for cultural relevance
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Work Cited."Russell Simmons Biography." Bio.com. A&E
Networks Television. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. <http://www.biography.com/people/russell-simmons-307186>.
"Russell Simmons." Rush Communications LLC. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. <http://www.rushcommunications.com/russell-simmons/>.
"Russell Simmons: Time to Get Inspired." CNN. 05 Nov. 2008. Web. 11 Mar. 2012. <http://articles.cnn.com/2008-11-05/politics/simmons.obama_1_hip-hop-community-russell-simmons-cnn?_s=PM:POLITICS>.