Russell Simmons in Podcasts
personAmerican hip-hop record label founded by Russell Simmons, known for promoting artists like Run DMC and the Beastie Boys.
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Beastie Boys: How They Inspired A Crime Wave, Caused New Laws To Be Written, and Influenced Culture
At least when it concerned the Beasties' friend Russell Simmons, who ran Def Jam Records and refused to pay the band royalties for their mega-selling album Licensed to Ill, insisting that the group was in breach of contract for not recording their second album on time.