Russell SimmonsEntrepreneur, Designer, Philanthropist

Early Years

Born: October 4, 1957

New York, New York

Briefly attended City College of New York

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

Took Part In...

Foundation of Ethic Understanding

PETA

ASPCA

Los Angeles’ 2010 Gay Pride Rally

Author

Do You! 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success

Super Rich: Inside and Out

Inspiration.

He wants to give a voice to engage a new kind of day with “creative and social movements” to enhance America.

Potential

Obama

Legacy.

Music, Fashion, Producer, Supporter

Def Jam Records

Father of Hip-Hop

Phat Farms

Roc-A-Wear, Sean John, Derion, Enyce, Ecko, etc.

Why?

Equal Rights to Everyone

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

Phat Farm

First Jump into the fashion industry

Opened doors for many other popular fashion lines

Baby Phat and Run Athletics

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

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

Simmons Jewelry Co.

First African American Major Jewelry Co.

GlobalGrind.com

Entertainment Website

Argyleculture“Multi-Racial, Culturally Sophisticated” fashion line

Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation

giving urban youth access to the arts

Hip-Hop Summit Action Network

used to teach at risk kids to use hip hop music as an educational tool for for cultural relevance

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>.