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  From Crack Dealer to Broadway

  By Sarah Parsons | Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:22 AM ET

  job as a mentor and actor at the Teatro El Puente drama group.That turning point led to huge things for Andersen. The poet performed on Broadway in Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam. Now, he's starring in a one-man show based on his own life, County of Kings. The show, which is co-produced by Spik Read More

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  Legendary Rapper Adds Ph.D. to Street Cred

  By Wynter Mitchell | Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  on therapy, they feel it means they're going crazy," she explained. "No, it doesn't. It just means you need someone else to talk to."Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons calls her a shining role model for the rap community. "She was a go-getter who rose from the struggle and went from hustling t Read More

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  The Kardashians Head To Africa!

  By Wynter Mitchell | Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:54 AM ET

  losing her passport, Kim Kardashian along with boyfriend New Orleans Saints own Reggie Bush and sister Khloe arrived to Botswana as representives of Russell Simmons' Diamond Empowerment Fund, a foundation backed by companies like DeBeers that assists "economically disadvantaged people in Africa Read More

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  Head To The Hamptons, Help Fight AIDS

  By Rachel Felder | Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:56 AM ET

  a non-profit that goes into schools to help teach kids about the disease. And with a benefit committee including the likes of Ivanka Trump and Russell Simmons, you can bet the benefit will raise a Hamptons-worthy amount for the cause.If you're heading out east this weekend, tickets for Lov Read More

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• The Brief 5/22: UN Def Jam, Faithful Facebook, Vitamin D Time

  By Caroline Walker | Fri May 22, 2009 9:34 AM ET

  grill and get busy flipping burgers and blaring Bob Marley. That's an order. Next superstar set to save the world? Why UN Def Goodwill Ambassador Russell Simmons, of course. New -- and abruptly unsettling -- policy revoked, New York homeless have time to protect their rent-rights. Le Read More

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  Get Bent... On Learning

  By Rachel Felder | Thu Feb 26, 2009 11:00 AM ET

  amongst the guests: Donna Karan told a pregnant Kelly Rutherford (from "Gossip Girl") how beautiful she looked; Francesco Clemente warmly hugged Russell Simmons; Christy Turlington chatted with The Beastie Boys' Mike D. Even though the event featured large elegant tables, a stage and a silen Read More

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