I mean people are sexist and racist and homophobic and violent. But I don't think of the rappers as being any more sexist or racist or homophobic than their parents. Certainly less, in all those cases, less homophobic or racist or sexist, and then less gangster than our government. It's stuff that people normally don't speak on, subjects they don't speak on, and ideas they kind of keep to themselves.
Russell SimmonsHip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life.
Russell SimmonsThe best way to protect both the policemen and the community going forward is by creating a system that's just, where everyone feels safe.
Russell SimmonsYou will be a great entrepreneur if you operate with a real sincere wanting to serve.
Russell SimmonsYou have to learn to laugh all the time. It's a practice of life. It's a practice of happiness.
Russell SimmonsYou know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor people in America and all over the world.
Russell Simmons