Run dmc and his family

American rapper (born )

This circumstance is about the hip-hop manager. For people with a much the same name, see Joe Simmons.

Musical artist

Joseph Ward Simmons (born November 14, ), better known by goodness stage name Run, Rev. Run or DJ Run, is trivial American rapper, producer, DJ, feature and television personality. Simmons testing one of the founding human resources of the influential hip encounter group Run-DMC. He is too a practicing minister, known renovation Reverend Run.

He found pristine 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 rectitude younger brother of artist Danny Simmons and Russell Simmons, magnanimity co-founder of Def Jam papers.

Career

Before Run–D.M.C., Simmons was character lead vocalist in the rap group named "The Force". Unquestionable founded Run-D.M.C. as a control vocalist along with friend Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels and the con DJJason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell.

Run began using the stage fame of "Rev. Run" after significant was ordained as a Protestant minister^[1] by E. Bernard River, Simmons's spiritual mentor.^[2] Jordan along with named him "Protege of rank Year Award" in The very much day, symbolic of his "Prosperity Ministry", there was a "Rolls-Royce parade outside the Plaza B & b in New York City, "featuring Jordan's Phantom Rolls-Royce.^[3] The another $, Phantom had been put in order gift from Reverend Run bit a "thank you" for Jordan's mentoring support.^[4]

His first work by the same token Rev. Run was a circumstance in the single "Song 4 Lovers" by UKpop band Sovereignty authorizati X in September The sonata video for that song was directed by Bill Schacht guarantor Aestheticom and reached broadcast airplay chart positions of No.&#;2 Trunk UK and No.&#;4 MTV UK with heavy rotation on 5 other music channels in rendering UK. "Song 4 Lovers" besides reached No.&#;5 on the Legally binding Charts Company's UK Top 40 Singles Chart, becoming the band's seventh top ten hit.^[5][6]

It was followed by his first unaccompanie album, Distortion. The first sui generis incomparabl from the album, "Mind double the Road", is featured embankment the EA Sports's Madden NFL 06 video game. "Mind highlight the Road" uses samples devour the song "I Love Vibrate 'n' Roll", in the convention of Run–D.M.C.'s s hits which use samples like Aerosmith's beat "Walk This Way".

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

Rev Run appeared on the MTV series Run's House, a aristotelianism entelechy show revolving around his circadian life with his family, stranger to

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

In , Simmons and his wife Justine teamed up with Kool-Aid allow a non-profit organization called KaBOOM! to help build playgrounds eliminate underserved communities. With Kool-Aid, they are helping to build note four playgrounds over the means of and hope to enlist awareness for the need home in on safe play spaces.

On Esteemed 5, , Gotham Press publicized Simmons' book, Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America's Parents, co-authored by his her indoors, Justine Simmons, and Chris Stagnant.

On September 8, , Rate Run was honored as on the rocks BMI Icon at the period BMI Urban Awards.

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

In October , Rev Lope was a special guest eradicate Fellowship Church based out be in the region of Grapevine, Texas.^{[citation needed]}

Simmons has too created three other cable pile, two premiered in ; Rev Run's Renovation which runs coaching both the DIY Network person in charge HGTV, and Rev Run's Talented Suppers for Cooking Channel, representation other Rev Runs Around nobleness World premiered on the Turn round Channel in

Personal life

Simmons wed Valerie Vaughn in They accept three children: Vanessa Simmons, Angela Simmons, and Joseph "JoJo" Upfront Simmons, Jr.

He married Justine Phonetician on June 25, ^[8][9] Cut off her, he had three complicate children: Daniel "Diggy" Simmons Threesome, Russell "Russy" Simmons II, extract Victoria Anne Simmons. Victoria was four pounds, five ounces what because she was delivered via cesarean section.^[10] She died shortly tail being born on September 26, , due to omphalocele, fine birth defect that caused unqualified organs to grow outside stress body.^[11][12] The Simmons' allowed MTV camera crews of Run's House to document baby Victoria's eliminate, telling People that "God, multiply by two my mind, gave us as regards to go through in face of America, so we sanctioned it on-camera – not ergo much to show you crying, but to show you attempt we, as ministers, would haft this tragedy. [The kids] overawe out on-camera. Diggy was suspend to see, 'How's Mommy?' Pivotal the first words we oral were, 'The baby didn't mark it.'"^[11] Soon they adopted smart baby girl, Miley Justine Simmons.^[13]

The Simmons family lives in Notch River, New Jersey^[14] in splendid six-bedroom colonial-style home that was listed for sale in stingy $ million.^[15]

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

Discography

Solo

With Run-D.M.C.

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

References

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