Russell Simmons

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RECENT CREDITS
Run's House (TV)  Jan. 3, 2008
Henry Rollins Show (TV)  Jul. 27, 2007
Real Time With Bill Maher (TV)  May. 18, 2007
Oprah Winfrey (TV)  Apr. 23, 2007
Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up (TV)  Jul. 7, 2006

BIOGRAPHY
Def Jam Records co-founder Russell Simmons first branched out into movies when he acted and co-produced in the 1985 rap movie Krush Groove. Essentially a glorified biography of his own life, with Blair Underwood....
Def Jam Records co-founder Russell Simmons first branched out into movies when he acted and co-produced in the 1985 rap movie Krush Groove. Essentially a glorified biography of his own life, with Blair Underwood assuming the role of Simmons, the movie didn't score well with critics but was a box-office success. Another hip-hop based movie followed, 1988's Tougher Than Leather, before Simmons assumed full control of Def Jam when co-founder Rick Rubin left. Almost immediately he set up Rush Communications, dipping his hand in nearly everything from a clothing line, to television comedy, to magazine production. At this time Simmons also began producing movies. Pictures he's backed creatively and/or financially include The Addiction, The Nutty Professor and Gridlock'd.

~ Steve Kurutz, All Movie Guide


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