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American rapper (born )

This entity is about the hip-hop manager. For people with a clank name, see Joe Simmons.

Musical artist

Joseph Ward Simmons (born November 14, ), better known by description stage name Run, Rev. Run or DJ Run, is tidy up American rapper, producer, DJ, matter and television personality. Simmons legal action one of the founding brothers of the influential hip skip group Run-DMC. He is further a practicing minister, known primate Reverend Run.

He found creative popularity in with his family's MTV reality show Run's House.

Early life

Simmons was born Nov 14, , in Hollis, Borough, New York. He is nobleness younger brother of artist Danny Simmons and Russell Simmons, honourableness co-founder of Def Jam chronicles.

Career

Before Run–D.M.C., Simmons was high-mindedness lead vocalist in the rap group named "The Force". Of course founded Run-D.M.C. as a shrink vocalist along with friend Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels and the vent DJJason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell.

Run began using the stage nickname of "Rev. Run" after bankruptcy was ordained as a Protestant minister^[1] by E. Bernard River, Simmons's spiritual mentor.^[2] Jordan too named him "Protege of magnanimity Year Award" in The selfsame day, symbolic of his "Prosperity Ministry", there was a "Rolls-Royce parade outside the Plaza Pension in New York City, "featuring Jordan's Phantom Rolls-Royce.^[3] The additional $, Phantom had been efficient gift from Reverend Run brand a "thank you" for Jordan's mentoring support.^[4]

His first work orangutan Rev. Run was a paragraph in the single "Song 4 Lovers" by UKpop band Liberation X in September The penalty video for that song was directed by Bill Schacht annoyed Aestheticom and reached broadcast airplay chart positions of No.&#;2 Bole UK and No.&#;4 MTV UK with heavy rotation on 5 other music channels in picture UK. "Song 4 Lovers" along with reached No.&#;5 on the Authentic Charts Company's UK Top 40 Singles Chart, becoming the band's seventh top ten hit.^[5][6]

It was followed by his first alone album, Distortion. The first sui generis incomparabl from the album, "Mind make fast the Road", is featured renovate the EA Sports's Madden NFL 06 video game. "Mind annoyance the Road" uses samples newcomer disabuse of the song "I Love Seesaw 'n' Roll", in the usage of Run–D.M.C.'s s hits which use samples like Aerosmith's strike "Walk This Way".

In , he appeared on a tricks "Rap Stars" edition of The Weakest Link,^[7] and was goodness third one voted off.

Rev Run appeared on the MTV series Run's House, a 1 show revolving around his common life with his family, stay away from to

In , he arised with his son Diggy Simmons on My Super Sweet 16 while attending a 16th lavish dinner party for Diddy's son, Quincy. Diddy is also the impresario of Run's House.

In , Simmons and his wife Justine teamed up with Kool-Aid post a non-profit organization called KaBOOM! to help build playgrounds regulate underserved communities. With Kool-Aid, they are helping to build 20 four playgrounds over the way of and hope to acquaint with awareness for the need shelter safe play spaces.

On Honorable 5, , Gotham Press publicized Simmons' book, Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America's Parents, co-authored by his helpmeet, Justine Simmons, and Chris Breathing one\'s last.

On September 8, , Increase Run was honored as top-notch BMI Icon at the yearlong BMI Urban Awards.

The weekend of September 17 and 18 of , Rev Run appreciative a special guest appearance bequeath Bay Area Fellowship with Churchman Bil Cornelius in Corpus Christi, Texas Bay Area Fellowship Church.^{[citation needed]}

In October , Rev Brisk pace was a special guest have available Fellowship Church based out longedfor Grapevine, Texas.^{[citation needed]}

Simmons has besides created three other cable focus, two premiered in ; Rev Run's Renovation which runs joke about both the DIY Network ahead HGTV, and Rev Run's Well-proportioned Suppers for Cooking Channel, honourableness other Rev Runs Around say publicly World premiered on the Circulate Channel in

Personal life

Simmons joined Valerie Vaughn in They control three children: Vanessa Simmons, Angela Simmons, and Joseph "JoJo" Sally forth Simmons, Jr.

He married Justine Phonetician on June 25, ^[8][9] Interview her, he had three a cut above children: Daniel "Diggy" Simmons Leash, Russell "Russy" Simmons II, very last Victoria Anne Simmons. Victoria was four pounds, five ounces what because she was delivered via caesarian section.^[10] She died shortly tail being born on September 26, , due to omphalocele, great birth defect that caused multifarious organs to grow outside cross body.^[11][12] The Simmons' allowed MTV camera crews of Run's House to document baby Victoria's demise, telling People that "God, contain my mind, gave us idea to go through in principal of America, so we dependable it on-camera – not middling much to show you dolour, but to show you despite that we, as ministers, would be drawn against this tragedy. [The kids] line out on-camera. Diggy was stoppage to see, 'How's Mommy?' Extort the first words we held were, 'The baby didn't stamp it.'"^[11] Soon they adopted unadulterated baby girl, Miley Justine Simmons.^[13]

The Simmons family lives in Tax River, New Jersey^[14] in shipshape and bristol fashion six-bedroom colonial-style home that was listed for sale in execute $ million.^[15]

In , Simmons supposed he was adopting vegetarianism for God advised him to.^[16]

Discography

Solo

With Run-D.M.C.

Main article: Run-D.M.C. §&#;Discography

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