Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons
Russell Wendell Simmons is an American entrepreneur, producer and author. The Chairman and CEO of Rush Communications, he cofounded the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. Simmons had a net-worth estimate of $340 million in 2011...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth4 October 1957
CityQueens, NY
CountryUnited States of America
funny family wife
You'll see a lot of funny stuff, you'll see a lot of daddy-knows-best stuff, you'll see a lot of me and my wife trying to hold the family together.
inspirational karma giver
When you're a good giver you're a good getter.
thinking people black
I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I've never seen any place like it. The gatekeepers who are the most progressive activists inspired to make the world better... they're better people, right? They're segregated. It's self segregated in some cases, but there's nobody Black in charge of anything in Hollywood.
jobs father thinking
I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact on me when my father walked the picket lines and I walked with him during the civil rights movement.
enough resilient never-change
Never change for the mainstream—stay in your lane, and if you’re talented and resilient enough the mainstream will come to you.
opportunity waiting today
You can be anything you want to be, and you can start today, instead of waiting for some opportunity.
building
It's always marketeers building their own careers.
keys
Service is the key to everything in life.
needs
The less you need, the more you attract.
sadness mind causes
There is no happiness until the mind is still. The cause of all sickness and sadness is the fluctuation of the mind.
anxiety suggesting
I'm just suggesting that when you're faced with fear and anxiety, don't medicate. Meditate instead.
brother heart gay
It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining yourself. I guess I'm an optimist. I have faith in people and our government ultimately to do the right thing. And to my brothers and sisters in California, I'm there with you every step of the way until that day comes.
artist people blame
People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.
people able vegan
You can't jump to vegan if you're not. Some people are absolute. Some people are able to be gradual.