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Owns Rush Communications, a media conglomerate, and operates RushCard, a prepaid debit card.<p><b>Father:</b> Daniel Simmons (teacher)<br><b>Mother:</b> (artist)<br><b>Brother:</b> <a href="/people/716/000026638/">Joseph Simmons</a><br><b>Brother:</b> Danny Simmons<br><b>Wife:</b> <a href="/people/177/000110844/">Kimora Lee Simmons</a> (fashion designer/model, m. 20-Dec-1998)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Ming Fei (b. 21-Jan-2000)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Aoki Lee (b. Aug-2002)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/691/000068487/">City College of New York, Harlem, NY</a><br><p> <a href="/company/684/000178150/">Def Jam Recordings</a> Founder (1984)<br> <a href="/org/105/000172586/">Bill Bradley for President</a> <br> <a href="/org/428/000168921/">Carol Moseley Braun for President</a> <br> <a href="/org/874/000356803/">Friends for Harry Reid</a> <br> <a href="/org/531/000167030/">Friends of Hillary</a> <br> <a href="/org/684/000167183/">Obama for America</a> <br> <a href="/org/208/000051055/">People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals</a> <br> <a href="/org/413/000168906/">Sharpton 2004</a> <br> <a href="/crime/302/000043173/">Drug Possession: Marijuana</a> <br> <a href="/group/636/000165141/">Wedding: Eddie Murphy and Nicole Mitchell (1993)</a> <br> <a href="/group/662/000165167/">Wedding: Donald Trump and Melania Knauss (2005)</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/782/000064590/">Vegetarian</a>, <a href="/lists/712/000075487/">Insomnia</a>, <a href="/lists/114/000161628/">Yoga</a>, <a href="/lists/352/000083103/">Marijuana</a>, <a href="/lists/447/000085192/">LSD</a>, <a href="/lists/304/000111968/">PCP</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TELEVISION</font><br> <a href="/tv/813/000096525/">Run's House</a> Producer (2005)<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/643/000386482/">The Muslims Are Coming! (12-Sep-2013)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/125/000276294/">Beef (Aug-2003)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/555/000095270/">Death of a Dynasty (7-May-2003)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/534/000034432/">Brown Sugar (5-Oct-2002)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/216/000037105/">Butter (1998)</a> <br> <a href="/films/523/000259743/">The Show (25-Aug-1995)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/902/000039785/">Krush Groove (25-Oct-1985)</a> <br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=79436"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=79436">Russell Simmons</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=79436" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>