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In the latest episode, the JBP discusses Keith Lee doing food reviews in New York (43:38) before turning to the pod’s reactions to the NBA’s In-Season Tournament (57:55). In new music, James Fauntleroy drops a Christmas project (1:07:28) and Nicki Minaj drops ‘Pink Friday 2’ (1:14:26). QueenzFlip and the room respond to the latest internet…
Russell Simmon joined The Breakfast Club this morning to speak on protests against police brutality as well as the sexual allegations he’s facing currently.
Def Poetry Jam returns for a mega marathon of Healing, Power & Poetry with a very special streaming event benefitting COVID-19 relief. It will premiere on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 7pm ET/4 PM PT. The program will stream online on Twitch at www.twitch.tv/defpoetryjam and Facebook Watch at www.facebook.com/russellsimmons. The online show will also be…
Def Jam founder and hip hop legend Russell Simmons has responded to news of a forthcoming Oprah Winfrey powered documentary. The Apple+ film focuses on sexual abuse allegations against the 62-year-old entertainment executive, made primarily by former Def Jam A&R Drew Dixon. In the letter below, Simmons mockingly comparing Public Enemy member Flavor Flav’s reality…
Hip-hop legends Salt-N-Pepa didn’t let anything bring them down when exploding on the scene in the 1980s–especially not the father of hip-hop. During the forthcoming episode, Salt offers, “Someone happened to ask [Simmons] about the Salt-N-Pepa girls, ‘What do you think?’ And Russell gave us a thumbs down,” Salt recalls in this clip from Sunday’s…
What do Waka Flocka Flame, Russell Simmons, and Mýa have in common? Not only are they some of the biggest names in music, they’re also part of the growing vegan movement that’s sweeping up everyone from RZA to Ne-Yo and Jhené Aiko to Raury. And in a new PETA video shot at Crossroads Kitchen in…
