Russell Simmons

Back in 2013 Russell Simmons, Steve Rifkind and film director/producer Brian Robbins (director of Varsity Blues, Good Burger, Hardball) partnered with Universal Music Group to create All Def Music—a record label whose goal is to promote and develop artists through the medium of YouTube—and came up with ADD Management. Simmons...

Music mogul and lifestyle guru Russell Simmons is making new moves. Since becoming a New York Times best seller with his book Success Through Stillness, the 56-year-old has moved to Los Angeles and has plans to launch some new projects, one being a rap opera...

Believe it or not, but there's a host of hip-hop heads still in the game who are 50 years old and some even older. Check out a gallery of the few guys who have surpassed time and still manage to thrive in thing called hip-hop.

Russell Simmons dropped knowledge on importance of meditation when he stopped by Hot 97 to promote his book “Success Through Stillness.” The Def Jam founder said that by letting the mind settle we become happier people. “The clutter of t...

It seems a story surfaces nearly every day in hip-hop that pertains to a child support case. From DMX owing $1 million to Juvenile questioning his 13-year-old son's paternity after racking up $160K in back pay, rappers have not had the most luck when it comes to monetary settlements with baby mamas...

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Russell Simmons and Steve Rifkind announce the launch of ADD52 at SXSW. ADD52 will be a platform for emerging artists and will debut one original song and video each week by unsigned acts for fifty-two consecutive weeks. New artists will be found through ADD52 monitoring of social media activity and compiling data. If selecte...

Russell Simmons recently sat down with Bill O'Reilly to chat about his new book. However, the conversation took quite an unexpected turn when Bill geared the discussion towards Beyonce's new musical direction and the many new sexual references...

Russell Simmons, hip-hop pioneer and co-founder of Def Jam Records and Def Comedy Jam, along with cognitive neuroscientist David Vago engaged in a on-stage conversation about the benefits of meditation and how it affects the brain at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City...

Today, Russell Simmons announced the launch of seven newly designed RushCards featured on his Prepaid Visa line, marking the first redesign in the company's ten year history. With two of the new styles designed by fashion icon Kimora Lee Simmons, the cards are available everywhere to both first time users and previous card holders. ...

DJ Spinz just dropped a new track with 2 Chainz and Skooly called "Ima Dog," but the Atlanta producer stepped out of the studio and sat down with MercyHope Productions for a Blueprint Minute segment emphasizing the importance of believing in yourself...

Super Hip-Hop OG, Russell Simmons, was today's guest on Reddit’s Ask Me Anything Session. Russell answered fans questions about everything from the Kendrick Lamar/Macklemore Grammy debate, his favorite producers, politics and up-and-coming MC 3D Na'tee . Check out some selected Q&A’s from t...