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Russell Simmons

I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I’ve never seen any place like it.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Hollywood Incredibly Thinking
The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Beach Hbo Years
If you were elected president, would you publicly support special prosecutors in these cases and what is one other thing you would do to fix our broken justice system?
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Elected Justice President System
Get your hustle on… Hard work is easy, working out is hard.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Hard Hustle Out Work
I was literally calling my customers who were complaining on social media and having a dialog with them, and sending them money.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Calling Complaining Media
I don’t fault business. If you run a corporation, your job is to maximize the return on investment for your investors. Good for you. But by the same token, we have to remember that corporations have no compassion. That’s why legislation and regulations are necessary.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Compassion Remember Running
The conditions of suffering that exist today in our impoverished communities are not acceptable. The reflection of those conditions are less concerning to me. And I work everyday about changing the conditions.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Community Hard Reflection Work
My experiences have been, from the very beginning, cultural and creative. And my business has been a way of exposing the culture, exposing the artists so that the world could hear and see them.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Artist Creative Culture
Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Hip Hop Life Things
Not every move you make has to be a great leap
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Great Leap Moving
I’ve been thinking a lot about gay marriage. I’m a big supporter.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Bigs Gay Thinking
I had too many businesses that are frivolous. I have enough. What interests me most is under-served communities. We need a new style of empowering these people, and new approaches.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Community Empowering People
I think if you’re open-minded, the road will take you where it takes you. If you’re closed, you might not get to go where the road is heading.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Journey Running Thinking
No one wants to sell to just 12% of the population for the entire length of their careers. It creates a difficult and less-profitable environment. But Hollywood has lived with that limiting mantra, and only a few black stars have managed to break through.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Break Career Stars Through
I can’t get my medicine.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Health Issue Medicine
Money doesn’t make u happy .. But happy makes you money.
RUSSELL SIMMONS

Happen Make Money

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