When Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin joined forces 25 years ago to create Def Jam Records, there wasn’t a hip-hop label like theirs, and there will probably never be another as innovative or impactful. The storied history of Def Jam has been thoroughly recounted in the newly released book Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 […]
In 1996, the film Scream reinvigorated the horror film genre. Fifteen years later, the fourth installment in the horror film franchise will be released, Scream 4.
The stew beef between Hip Hop Mogul Russell Simmons and legendary comedian Bill Cosby heated back up this weekend at the Jackie Robinson Annual Awards dinner. Back in 2009, the two began a feud when Simmons gave his opinion of Cosby’s “State of Emergency” project. Back then, Russ openly expressed that he felt as though […]
Andre Harrell celebrated his 50th birthday over the weekend at The Derby in NYC.
Russell Simmons celebrated his 53rd birthday (which was October 4) with model girlfriend Heidy Allende. He sent out a twitpic of the two of them enjoying dinner.
Doug E. Fresh, Russell and Rev Run all came out for the grand opening of Target in East Harlem!
Russell Simmons was honored with a Gold Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement in Music last night in New York City!
It looks like Russell Simmons’ former flame, Julie Henderson, might actually be officially out of the picture. We haven’t seen the two together in months and the other night Russ was spotted with ex-girlfriend Katie Rost.
A number of Hip-Hop heavyweights will head to Trenton, New Jersey in support of this weekend’s “Stop the Violence” rally.
Congrats are in order for Daniel “Diggy” Simmons. He’s following in his dad’s footsteps and got himself an official record deal with Atlantic Records–just 1 day after his 15th birthday. His big sister Angela and lil bro Russy were on hand this afternoon to watch him sign his official papers.
Keisha Whitaker took her birthday celebration to the Juliet Supper Club in NYC!
Celebs came out for the Hope Help & Relief Haiti “A Night Of Humanity” event at Urban Zen in New York City.
