Russell Simmons

John Legend, Rick Ross, Juicy J, Pete Rock, 50 Cent, Grandmaster Flash, L.A. Reid, and others have paid their respects to the Uptown Records founder as well.

Following the most recent allegations of rape and sexual misconduct from multiple women against him, Russell Simmons says he will ”prove without any doubt that I am innocent of all rape charges.”

Simmons denies these most recent accusations as he has previous ones, calling them "patently untrue," "frivolous," and "hurtful." He also suggests he's being extorted.

Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons was accused of sexual assault, which he first denied and then later apologized to "any women from my past who I may have offended." Since then, screenwriter Jenny Lumet shared a detailed account via The Hollywood Reporter of Simmons assaulting her in 1991…

”I have made choices that have offended some of the women in my life. It’s not cool to be a playboy and a new consciousness understands this.”

Music mogul and Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons has responded to claims that he teamed with Brett Ratner to sexually assault multiple women.

Today is Presidents Day and in NYC, Chicago, DC, LA , and other cities, many, many people are using it to protest the current administration at the "Not My Presidents Day" rallies...

Def Jam co-founder and Rush Communications CEO Russell Simmons will be hosting the "I Am A Muslim Too" rally in NYC's Times Square on February 19, as he has in previous years. The rally this year...

Last night it was announced that the grand jury decided not to indict Ferguson, MO police Officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting and death of 18-year-old Michael Brown...

PETA just released a new set of limited edition stamps featuring famous vegetarians, and a bevy of musicians and music industry folks are included on the sheet amongst the likes of Bob Barker and Joaquin Phoenix (though the list two years ago was a bit more interesting with Leonardo da Vinci, Johnny…