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Russell Simmons

February 2024

  • Man with blue cap wearing red checkered buttondown and necklace.

    Russell Simmons sued over alleged rape of Def Jam executive in the 1990s

    Plaintiff alleges she faced harassment and battery by the hip-hop mogul and that her career was stalled by his ‘assaultive behavior’

June 2021

  • 0207 Def Jam ... (from left) Jacqueline Eyewe, Wretch 32, Amy Tettey, Alec Boateng, Heidi Jacob, Char Grant and Alex Boateng.

    Def Jam: how a new British imprint of the iconic rap label poached Stormzy

    Only 6% of music industry execs are Black. That system fails artists, say the founders of 0207 Def Jam, whose uniquely diverse boardroom aims to change the culture – for good

June 2020

  • Drew Dixon in On the Record.

    On the Record review – #MeToo music doc is essential viewing

    Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s intersectional approach to exploring sexual abuse in the music industry is candid and empathetic

May 2020

  • Drew Dixon in On the Record

    'People continue to turn a blind eye': behind a shocking film about music industry abuse

    The makers and subjects of On the Record talk about bringing alleged sexual abuse by Russell Simmons to light and why Oprah Winfrey disowned the film

February 2020

  • This undated photo provided by Chain Camera Pictures shows a scene from “On the Record.” Without Oprah or Apple, the Russell Simmons documentary “On the Record” went ahead with its premiere Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, at the Sundance Film Festival. (Omar Mullick/Chain Camera Pictures via AP)

    HBO acquires film accusing Russell Simmons of abuse after Oprah's exit

    HBO Max said it acquired Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s film On the Record following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival

January 2020

  • Drew Dixon tells her story of sexual harassment and assault while working in the music industry.

    On the Record: the music industry #MeToo doc that caused Oprah to turn away

    A powerful new film alleging sexual abuse by music mogul Russell Simmons has lost the support of Oprah Winfrey and Apple – but why?
  • Composite: from top left, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Taylor Swift, Benedict Cumberbatch and Hillary Clinton

    Controversial documentaries and A-listers head to Sundance 2020

    New films about Taylor Swift, Hillary Clinton and Russell Simmons join Oscar-buzzed dramas starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Keaton
  • Oprah Winfrey said on Friday: ‘He did reach out multiple times and attempted to pressure me.’

    Oprah Winfrey admits Russell Simmons pressured her over sexual abuse film

    Documentary On the Record, which Winfrey withdrew as executive producer from, details sexual abuse allegations against rap mogul

July 2018

  • Russell Simmons pictured in 2015.

    New rape accusation made against Russell Simmons

    The Def Jam co-founder, already the subject of numerous sexual assault allegations, denies an accusation by Alexia Norton Jones

June 2018

  • West pictured in California in February.

    Kanye West cites Trump, #MeToo and his bipolar disorder on new album ye

    West premiered his eighth studio album via live stream from his property in Wyoming

May 2018

  • ‘In the end I’ll be fine’ ... Russell Simmons pictured in New York City, July 2017.

    Russell Simmons issues statement supporting #MeToo despite sexual assault allegations

    The hip-hop mogul says the #MeToo conversation has inspired him ‘to look beyond my personal scenario’, while he has repeatedly denied multiple accusations of sexual harassment and rape

January 2018

  • Russell Simmons in New York, July 2017.

    Russell Simmons sued for $5m by another woman accusing him of rape

    Filmmaker Jennifer Jarosik claims the mogul sexually assaulted her following a business meeting in his home

December 2017

  • Russell Simmons pictured in 2014.

    Russell Simmons accused by Kelly Cutrone of attempted rape

  • Russell Simmons<br>FILE - In this July 18, 2015 file photo, Russell Simmons speaks appears at the RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation’s Art for Life Benefit in Water Mill, N.Y. Three women have told the New York Times that music mogul Russell Simmons raped them. Simmons, in a statement to the paper, vehemently denied what he called “these horrific accusations,” saying all his relations have been consensual. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File)

    Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons accused of rape by four women

November 2017

  • Russell Simmons, who has been accused of sexual assault for a second time.

    Russell Simmons steps down from companies after new sex assault allegation

    The hip-hop mogul and Def Jam founder has said ‘I don’t want to be a distraction’ after he was accused by screenwriter Jenny Lumet of sexual intimidation

August 2017

  • ‘It’s a very popular song in maternity wards’ … from left, DJ Spinderella, Salt and Pepa

    How we made
    How we made Salt-N-Pepa's Push It

    ‘An aquarium told us that when they put the song on, the sharks started mating’

July 2017

  • Rapper/Yoga Shorty - Fri

    Shortcuts
    Funkmaster flex: why rappers love yogawear

    Hip-hop and yoga have been adopting an ever-closer position for a while, with Big Boi the latest artist to confess his love of Lululemon

February 2017

  • Jam Master Jay, Run and DMC of Run DMC in 1988.

    10 of the best
    Run-DMC – 10 of the best

    From sample pioneering to rebranding Adidas, Run-DMC did more than anyone to take hip-hop to the mainstream

October 2016

  • The White Stripes in 2007

    'Icky Trump': White Stripes T-shirt is latest artwork to condemn Republican

    Band uses lyrics to Icky Thump, which address immigration, as they join list of artists targeting the businessman through music, painting and sculpture

August 2016

  • us-politics

    Politics for Humans
    Russell Simmons talks Black Lives Matter – Politics for humans podcast

    Entrepreneur Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam Records, and Stanford professor Clayborne Carson join Sabrina Siddiqui to discuss the latest in the Black Lives Matter movement
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