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Russell Simmons

real name Russell Wendell Simmons

Russell Simmons is credited on 1,162 releases across 316 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,162

Credits

316

Albums

7

Decades active

792

In collections

Biography

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Russell Wendell Simmons (born October 4, 1957 in Queens, NYC) is an American hip hop producer and business magnate. He and Rick Rubin founded the pioneering hip hop label. He also created the fashion lines, Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and American Classics.
Since October 2017, through the #MeToo movement, Simmons had been accused by over 19 women to have sexually assaulted or harassed them. He has been blacklisted from every venture he had been involved in following the accusations.
His younger brother is Joseph Simmons (Run of Run-DMC).

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Credited work

1,162 releases · 316 albums · active 1966–2025

  • Production · 1,102
  • Performance · 411
  • Other credits · 55
  • Engineering · 9

Studios: Greene St. Recording · Chung King House Of Metal · Chung King Studios · Sabella Recording Studios

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