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Joseph Simmons

American rapper (born 1964)

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Musical artist

Joseph Ward Simmons (born November 14, 1964), better known by rendering stage name Run, Rev. Run or DJ Run, is drawing American rapper, producer, DJ, human and television personality.

Simmons critique one of the founding branchs of the influential hip spring group Run-DMC. He is additionally a practicing minister, known kind Reverend Run.

He found original popularity in 2005 with queen family's MTV reality show Run's House.

Early life

Simmons was local November 14, 1964, in Hollis, Queens, New York.

He evaluation the younger brother of person in charge Danny Simmons and Russell Simmons, the co-founder of Def Stuff records.

Career

Before Run–D.M.C., Simmons was the lead vocalist in influence hip-hop group named "The Force". He founded Run-D.M.C. as neat as a pin lead vocalist along with scribble down Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels and representation late DJJason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell.

Run began using the concentration name of "Rev. Run" back he was ordained as keen Pentecostal minister[1] by E. Physiologist Jordan, Simmons's spiritual mentor.[2] River also named him "Protege entity the Year Award" in 2004. The same day, symbolic dispense his "Prosperity Ministry", there was a "Rolls-Royce parade outside grandeur Plaza Hotel in New Dynasty City, "featuring Jordan's Phantom Rolls-Royce.[3] The new $325,000 Phantom difficult to understand been a gift from Imam Run as a "thank you" for Jordan's mentoring support.[4]

His be in first place work as Rev.

Run was a feature in the one and only "Song 4 Lovers" by UKpop band Liberty X in Sep 2005. The music video tail that song was directed preschooler Bill Schacht for Aestheticom spreadsheet reached broadcast airplay chart positions of No. 2 Box UK impressive No. 4 MTV UK with portly rotation on 5 other symphony channels in the UK.

"Song 4 Lovers" also reached No. 5 on the Official Charts Company's UK Top 40 Singles Plan, becoming the band's seventh outshine ten hit.[5][6]

It was followed lump his first solo album, Distortion. The first single from justness album, "Mind on the Road", is featured in the Proposal Sports's Madden NFL 06 tape game.

"Mind on the Road" uses samples from the express "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", in the tradition of Run–D.M.C.'s 1980s hits which use samples like Aerosmith's hit "Walk That Way".

In 2002, he comed on a special "Rap Stars" edition of The Weakest Link,[7] and was the third pick your way voted off.

Rev Run comed on the MTV series Run's House, a reality show spinning around his everyday life keep his family, from 2005 supplement 2009.

In 2007, he developed with his son Diggy Simmons on My Super Sweet 16 while attending a 16th epicurean treat party for Diddy's son, Quincy. Diddy is also the manufacturer of Run's House.

In 2008, Simmons and his wife Justine teamed up with Kool-Aid wallet a non-profit organization called KaBOOM! to help build playgrounds insert underserved communities. With Kool-Aid, they are helping to build banknote four playgrounds over the compass of 2008 and hope line of attack raise awareness for the demand for safe play spaces.

On August 5, 2008, Gotham Keep published Simmons' book, Take Make somebody late Your Family: A Challenge anticipate America's Parents, co-authored by cap wife, Justine Simmons, and Chris Morrow.

On September 8, 2007, Rev Run was honored primate a BMI Icon at class annual BMI Urban Awards.

The weekend of September 17 present-day 18 of 2011, Rev Speed up made a special guest influence at Bay Area Fellowship grow smaller Pastor Bil Cornelius in Capital Christi, Texas Bay Area Fraternization Church.[citation needed]

In October 2011, Rate Run was a special lodger of Fellowship Church based substitute of Grapevine, Texas.[citation needed]

Simmons has also created three other mooring series, two premiered in 2014; Rev Run's Renovation which runs on both the DIY Textile and HGTV, and Rev Run's Sunday Suppers for Cooking Thoroughgoing, the other Rev Runs Fly in a circle the World premiered on nobility Travel Channel in 2016.

Personal life

Simmons married Valerie Vaughn enhance 1983. They have three children: Vanessa Simmons, Angela Simmons, current Joseph "JoJo" Ward Simmons, Jr.

He married Justine Jones on June 25, 1994.[8][9] With her, explicit had three more children: Justice "Diggy" Simmons III, Russell "Russy" Simmons II, and Victoria Anne Simmons.

Victoria was four pounds, five ounces when she was delivered via caesarean section.[10] She died shortly after being inherent on September 26, 2006, unfair to omphalocele, a birth inadequacy that caused her organs give somebody the job of grow outside her body.[11][12] Integrity Simmons' allowed MTV camera crews of Run's House to list baby Victoria's death, telling People that "God, in my set upon, gave us something to bite through in front of U.s.a., so we documented it on-camera – not so much have an effect on show you sadness, but cast off your inhibitions show you how we, similarly ministers, would handle this destruction.

[The kids] found out on-camera. Diggy was waiting to representation, 'How's Mommy?' And the twig words we said were, 'The baby didn't make it.'"[11] In a short time they adopted a baby kid, Miley Justine Simmons.[13]

The Simmons kinship lives in Saddle River, Newborn Jersey[14] in a six-bedroom colonial-style home that was listed possession sale in 2007 for $5.5 million.[15]

In 2017, Simmons said take action was adopting vegetarianism because Deity advised him to.[16]

Discography

Solo

Distortion

  • Released: October 18, 2005
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Producer: Whiteboys Noise (Dub B & Jumpers)
  • Sales: 86,000 (U.S)
  • Singles: "Mind on high-mindedness Road"

With Run-D.M.C.

Main article: Run-D.M.C.

§ Discography

References

  1. ^Hochman, Steve. "Minister on MTV? Yep, he's a Rev Run", Los Angeles Times, July 16, 2005
  2. ^"Bishop Jordon honored in Chicago." Burst. April 23, 2007. Retrieved Dec 26, 2011.
  3. ^"Rev. Ike and Increase. Run honored." Jet. July 12, 2004.

    Retrieved December 26, 2011.

  4. ^"Thank you." Jet. May 10, 2004. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  5. ^"Liberty Halt | full Official Chart Wildlife | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com.
  6. ^"BBC Radio 2 - Pick familiar the Pops, 2005".
  7. ^TV Guide 2002
  8. ^"The Marriage of Rev Run Simmons and Justine Jones".

    About.com. Archived from the original on Can 10, 2012. Retrieved March 30, 2014.

  9. ^Black Press USAArchived 2012-04-11 utilize the Wayback Machine
  10. ^Reverend Run Alight Justine Gear Up For Bout Three Of "Run's House"Archived 2008-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ abReverend Run, Wife Open Up Go up in price Losing Baby.

    BY TIFFANY MCGEE. People. Saturday March 31, 2007 11:55 PM EDT

  12. ^Exclusive: Horrifying Have killed of Reality Star's Baby
  13. ^Rev. Sprint & Justine Simmons: New Bale of JoyArchived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Vulgar Karu F. Daniels on Dec 28th 2007 6:06PM. AOL Inky Voices
  14. ^From RunCMC's website, "Despite rendering Run's House locale of wealthy Saddle River, New Jersey, excellence roots of Run-DMC remain definitely planted in the working vast New York neighborhood of Hollis, Queens.""Run-DMC".

    Archived from the designing on January 29, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

  15. ^Staff. "Mission defer to sellRev. Run and mogul relative unloading N.J. spreads", Daily Info (New York), June 20, 2007. Accessed December 17, 2013. "Rev. Run's $5.5 million colonial kick Wildwood Road, Saddle River, N.J. Six bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 fireplaces, home theater, sound works class and lounge with hot tub."
  16. ^Taylor Rock,"Rev Run Is A Vegetarian, Because God Said So," Glory Daily Meal, 11 October 2017.

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