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RECENT CREDITS

VH1 Hip Hop Honors 2009 (TV) Oct. 13, 2009

Daddy's Girls (TV) Sep. 22, 2009

The 40th Annual NAACP Image Awards (TV) Feb. 12, 2009

BET Hip Hop Awards 2008 (TV) Oct. 23, 2008

MTV Cribs (TV) Jul. 26, 2008

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BIOGRAPHY

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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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