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 SimmonsI think that's what made rap such a stable footprint in culture, that it's so honest.
Russell SimmonsThere is no religious or any kind of a gender that should separate you from any religious ideas.
Russell SimmonsHollywood is full of very liberal people, but it still has an infrastructure that needs to be broken.
Russell Simmons