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The CEO of Hip-Hop Impresario Russell Simmons has brought urban style to mainstream America -- and helped other big marketers do the same. An inside look at his growing influence.   |
Entrepreneur
September 2009
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The Endless Flow of Russell Simmons Hip-hop impresario and multimedia baron Russell Simmons lives and breathes opportunity. |
AskMen.com
November 25, 2003 |
Russell Simmons Interview One of the architects of today's rap and hip-hop music industry as a founder of Def Jam, Simmons is still changing the landscape with his Rush Communications, a conglomerate that includes Def Jam, Rush Artist Management, Phat Farm, and even Def Pictures, a movie production house. |
Inc.
April 1, 2004
Rod Kurtz |
Russell Simmons - Rush Communications Having built a half-billion-dollar music and fashion empire, Russell Simmons is delivering a message to young entrepreneurs, particularly young black entrepreneurs, simply through his very presence in corporate America. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Susan Berfield |
Phat Farm's Family Affair Founder Russell Simmons has lively partners in wife, Kimora Lee, and younger brother, Reverend Run, formerly of Run-DMC. |
Entrepreneur
May 2004
April Y. Pennington |
Urban Legends As entrepreneurs, hip-hop artists seem unstoppable. What's their edge? |
BusinessWeek
December 29, 2010
Steven Daly |
The Business of Hip-Hop, and How It Grew Dan Charnas' "The Big Payback" details the genre's origins and evolution into a branding and marketing phenomenon. |
Salon.com
November 1, 2002
Sheerly Avni |
Jam Master Jay, 1965-2002 The pioneering DJ of Run-DMC was a godfather of '80s Adidas rap-rock -- but he was no thug. |
AskMen.com
November 26, 2002
Jordan Stein |
Is Hip-Hop Taking Over Fashion, Y'All? The staggering success of rap has generated a nouveau riche sensibility. It's become cliched yet mandatory for rappers to flaunt Cristal, fleets of Cadillacs and diamond-encrusted Rolexes. Fashion was simply the next worldly possession on the list. |
AskMen.com
Sowmya Krishnamurthy |
Hip-Hop Style When rapper Lil Wayne stepped onto the MTV Video Music Awards stage this year, he set tongues and tweets wagging with his skintight, safari-inspired pants. |
Inc.
July 2005
Adam Hanft |
Exzaggeration Nation Russell Simmons' big fib about profits points to an unattractive fact: Few business owners tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander - Success |
6 Inspirational Dropouts A number of well-known and highly successful men began their careers by taking a calculated risk and dropping out of school. Here are six such individuals. |
BusinessWeek
February 3, 2011
Ian McGugan |
Book Review: Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All and The Soul of Leadership From Russell Simmons and Deepak Chopra, spiritual journeys to business success, big bucks, and eternal happiness |
AskMen.com
April 22, 2003 |
Interview: Lyor Cohen CEO of Island Def Jam Music Group, Lyor Cohen is the man behind successful artists like Bon Jovi, Saliva and Ashanti. |
Salon.com
July 10, 2002
Suzy Hansen |
Hip-hop nation A spokesman for the new generation of African-Americans says hip-hop can ignite a fresh wave of black activism -- but first the civil rights veterans have to get out of the way. |
BusinessWeek
June 24, 2010
Schmidt & O'Connor |
How Russell Simmons Out-Lobbied Big Banks The hip-hop superstar also sells debit cards -- and won a fee exemption for his UniRush card. |
The Motley Fool
September 18, 2006
S.J. Caplan |
The Serious Side of Bling Young adults hear about financial empowerment from the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. |
Fast Company
Stephanie Vozza |
10 Famous Founders Who Didn't Graduate From College While a college degree is an important resume builder, here are 10 more successful entrepreneurs and CEOs who prove that it doesn't guarantee success. |
AskMen.com
March 23, 2014
James Bassil |
One Of The Most Successful Men In Music Thinks You Should Be Meditating More In the introduction to his new book, Success Through Stillness, Def Jam founder Russell Simmons declares, "Let me say without any reservation that I consider meditation to be the most effective tool you can use to build a similar success in your own life." |
Salon.com
October 17, 2000
Alex Pappademas |
The Hard Rap Cafe The Brooklyn Museum's "Hip-Hop Nation" show surveys rap's journey from Bronx block parties to cold-lampin' in the Hamptons... |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2006
Steven Mallas |
Foolish Book Review: Sex, Money, KISS In this book, KISS frontman Gene Simmons divulges some interesting factoids on the business behind KISS, as well as a bit of autobiography. Throughout the book, he advises people to forget about buying nonsensical items and not to waste valuable time taking too many days off. |
BusinessWeek
August 12, 2010
Klump & Wethe |
Matthew Simmons, 1943-2010 Matthew R. Simmons, an energy investment banker who died on Aug. 8 at age 67, was not the father of the "peak oil" theory. He was simply its loudest evangelist. |
AskMen.com
Ash Karbasfrooshan |
Leaving A Good Thing For A Better One All business people and entrepreneurs eventually come to a point where they need to walk away from the business that they founded or built. |
Mother Jones
Jul/Aug 2001
Peter Klebnikov |
The Texas Solution The federal government is facing a glut of radioactive waste -- and a contract to bury some of it could be worth millions to one of George W. Bush's top fundraisers... |
Inc.
November 2008
Jason Del Rey |
The Ticker Big Fish Games raises $83 million in venture capital... American Apparels success is driven by raunchy billboard ads... |
