Kanye West’s public rant on NBC’s The TODAY Show last week has left fans divided, but at least two of the biggest names in the Rap World are voicing their support for the self-assessed egomaniac.
The “Golddigger” rapper found himself at the center of controversy — So what else is new? — when former George W. Bush hit the promo track ahead of the release of his latest book Decision Points. Bush told NBC anchor Matt Lauer that one of the low points of his presidency was when West said Bush doesn’t “care about Black people” in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In the wake of West’s TODAY interview with Lauer regarding his five-year-old comments branding Bush a racist, Russell Simmons and Jay-Z want everyone to know they’re 100 percent behind Kanye. Def Jam mogul Simmons wrote an open letter on his Global Grind blog titled, “Dear Kanye…An Open Letter By Russell Simmons,” that clearly states in a very long letter exactly what he thinks of Kanye’s latest outburst.
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Comedy Central has ordered a six-episode half-hour stand-up series from Russell Simmons and Stan Lathan, the network announced Tuesday. The still-untitled series hosted by Curb Your Enthusiasm’s JB Smoove, will shoot in Los Angeles on Feb. 24 and 25 at the El Rey Theater and is set to premiere this summer on the network this summer.
Simmons and Lathan currently executive produce the hit MTV reality shows Run’s House and Daddy’s Girls.
Oxygen is developing a reality show that focuses on the women in the life of hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons.
The Russell Simmons Project will follow the female assistants who “manage his business deals… family life, party planning and love life,” the basic cable network behind reality hits like Tori & Dean said Tuesday.
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Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons has blasted reports claiming he’s traded in Ivory armpiece Julie Henderson for Australian actress/model Sophie Monk, after photos of the two out on the town made the rounds on the Interwebs this week.
“Sophie Monk is one of the most famous people in Australia as well as a renown pop singer around the world. For her, coming to America is having the paparazzi stand in front of her house 24/7, but no one in the streets knows who she is,” Russell blogged on GlobalGrind.com on Wednesday. “I was with her yesterday and I felt like I was hanging out with Britney Spears! (Sorry to disappoint you guys but I’M NOT DATING HER…) Sophie now joins the Global Grind family and tommorow is her first entry.”-Russell
Ashley Dupre, the high-prized hooker at the center of the scandal that brought down disgraced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, says she draws “inner strength” from her ongoing yoga sessions with rap mogul Russell Simmons. Read the rest of this entry »
Russell Simmons, 51, has taken to his popular Global Grind blog to explain the recent court “order” granting his ex-wife, Kimora Lee Simmons, $40,000 a month in child support. The hip-hop entrepeneur calls the decision to shower his two daughters with the massive monthly figure his own.
“I am reading these stories today about how a judge ordered me to pay Kimora $40,000 a month in child support and I want to make something very clear. Nothing was ordered, it was given. My kids have a fabulous life; they are exposed to a broad range of artistic and scholastic educational programs and I’m very happy to contribute to that. As long as I have it, they can have it. If I ever don’t have it, I’m coming to live with them!”
The divorce between Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons has ended with an unprecedented payday for the Baby Phat designer. Read the rest of this entry »
Hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons played peek-a-boo with a bikini-clad blonde over the weekend.
Kimora Lee Simmons is demanding $480,000 in child support as part of her divorce settlement with estranged husband Russell Simmons.
In documents filed on Wednesday at Los Angeles Superior Court, the Baby Phat designer is asking the rap mogul to pay $20,000 per month for each of the couple’s two daughters, Ming Lee, eight, and Aoki, five.
Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons are at odds over custody of their two children, Ming, 8, and Aoki, 5. Read the rest of this entry »
