Russell Simmons Instagram – “𝓒𝓪𝓷’𝓽 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓹, 𝓦𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓹: 𝓣𝓱𝓮 50 𝓖𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓗𝓲𝓹-𝓗𝓸𝓹 𝓔𝔁𝓮𝓬𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮” Although anyone with any knowledge of HipHop early days realize you can’t have this conversation without mentioning Russell nor is it any surPRise 𝓗𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓮𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓿𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓮𝓵𝓼𝓮‼️✨💫🤩 A Bonus is noting 8 others on this list of the 50 HipHop Executives cut their teeth at Rush Artist Management and/or were integral in the Early Def Jam Era 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 to Everyone listed for continuing to move the culture forward 𝓑𝓮𝓵𝓸𝔀 𝓔𝔁𝓬𝓮𝓻𝓹𝓽 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓷 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓷 𝓡𝓾𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓵𝓮: “Simmons was a key architect of the hip-hop business and culture, his impact on the genre is undeniable and enduring. The brother of rapper Rev Run — aka the “Run” in Run-DMC — he founded Rush Management and co-founded Def Jam Records, playing a huge role in the careers of Run-DMC, Kurtis Blow, LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys and Public Enemy. When he sold Def Jam to the company that is now Universal in 1996, it helped bring hip-hop to mainstream America with such artists as Jay-Z and Kanye West, and his Phat Farm clothing lines (which he sold in 2004 for a then-astronomical $140 million) did the same with their fashion. He also co-produced the pivotal 1984 hip-hop film “Krush Groove” and, later, “The Nutty Professor,” and created the HBO series “Def Comedy Jam” and “Def Poetry Jam.” It is no accident that he received more votes for this list than anyone else” #swipeleft⬅️ for Rush Management and/or Def Jam Era Executives Some photos by: @gettyimages #courtesyimage #uliknörzer #noagriffel #noagriffelphotography #hiphopis50 #50thanniversaryofhiphop #top50hiphopexecutives #cprclientnews📰