Russell Simmons

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entrepreneur hip hop pioneer human philanthropist record executive

Russell Simmons is an American entrepreneur and hip-hop pioneer best known for co-founding Def Jam Recordings and helping bring rap music into the mainstream.

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Label	Occurrences
Russell Simmons canonical	20
Chief Executive Officer of Def Jam Recordings	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	entrepreneur ⓘ hip hop pioneer ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ record executive ⓘ
authorOf	Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success ⓘ Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple ⓘ Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All ⓘ
businessPartner	Rick Rubin ⓘ
coFounded	Def Jam Recordings ⓘ Def Jam with Rick Rubin ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1957-10-04 ⓘ
diet	vegan ⓘ
endTimeOfSpouse	2009 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Simmons ⓘ
founded	All Def Digital ⓘ Baby Phat ⓘ Def Comedy Jam ⓘ GlobalGrind.com ⓘ Phat Farm ⓘ Phat Fashions LLC ⓘ Rush Communications ⓘ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation ⓘ
genre	hip hop ⓘ
givenName	Russell ⓘ
hasChild	Ming Lee Simmons ⓘ surface form: Aoki Lee Simmons Ming Lee Simmons ⓘ
industry	fashion industry ⓘ music industry ⓘ television industry ⓘ
knownFor	co-founding Def Jam Recordings ⓘ launching Phat Farm clothing line ⓘ popularizing hip hop music ⓘ
name	Russell Simmons self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Def Comedy Jam ⓘ surface form: Def Comedy Jam (television series) Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry ⓘ
occupation	activist ⓘ author ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ film producer ⓘ record producer ⓘ talent manager ⓘ television producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Queens, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
politicalActivity	advocacy for animal rights ⓘ advocacy for criminal justice reform ⓘ
practices	Transcendental Meditation ⓘ
relative	Rev Run ⓘ
religion	Veganism-associated spiritual practice ⓘ
represented	Beastie Boys ⓘ LL Cool J ⓘ Public Enemy ⓘ Run-D.M.C. ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Daniel Simmons Jr. ⓘ Joseph Simmons ⓘ
spouse	Kimora Lee Simmons ⓘ
startTimeOfSpouse	1998 ⓘ
subjectOf	sexual misconduct allegations ⓘ

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Def Jam Recordings → foundedBy → Russell Simmons ⓘ

LL Cool J → associatedAct → Russell Simmons ⓘ

The Nutty Professor (1996 film) → producer → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Radio (LL Cool J album) → executiveProducer → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Licensed to Ill → producer → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Russell Simmons → name → Russell Simmons self-link ⓘ

Raising Hell → producer → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Brown Sugar → featuresCameo → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Radio → executiveProducer → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Bigger and Deffer → producer → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Krush Groove → producer → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Krush Groove → screenwriter → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Krush Groove → hasCastMember → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Steve Bartels → positionHeld → Russell Simmons ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief Executive Officer of Def Jam Recordings

Simmons → hasNotableBearer → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Walk This Way → RunDMCVersionProducer → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Kimora Lee Simmons (former partner) → spouse → Russell Simmons ⓘ

subject surface form: Kimora Lee Simmons

Kenzo Lee Hounsou → notableFamilyMember → Russell Simmons ⓘ

The Bomb Squad → collaboratedWith → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Jazzy Jay → associatedWith → Russell Simmons ⓘ

Chung King House of Metal → associatedWith → Russell Simmons ⓘ