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So, Kanye and Russell Simmons, two of the greediest, money loving capitalists around, go to a rally where people are protesting against people like them. That’s too funny!
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So, Kanye and Russell Simmons, two of the greediest, money loving capitalists around, go to a rally where people are protesting against people like them. That’s too funny!
NEW YORK— Feeling a lack of resources in the art world for emerging artists of color, brothers Russell (the hip-hop mogul), Danny (an artist), and Joseph "Reverend Run" (of Run-DMC) Simmons founded Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation in 1996. the foundation and its Chelsea space, Rush Arts Gallery, helped launch the careers of artists like Kalup Linzy, Kehinde Wiley, and Barron Claiborne, and his since expanded to help all emerging artists. it celebrates its 15th anniversary this year with a series of events and a limited-edition portfolio that went on sale at Artspace.com Tuesday.
"we wanted to commemorate the great work," Danny Simmons told ARTINFO. "A lot of people can't afford to buy original work but would love to have these artists in their collections. it helps support the gallery and it also helps support the artist."
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(Occupy Wall Street on Facebook)

Steve Jobs was a prophet of that uniquely American genius, the Creative Entrepreneur – something no one can copy, no one can outsource, no banker can hire – a visionary who created a movement that changed generations through painstaking tenacity – even after he was fired in 1985 from the company he founded for thinking too far forward.
All these millionaire celebrities running around begging to have their taxes raised are nothing more than hypocritical posers. how many pursue write-offs every year? how many donate the amount of money they say they want to pay in taxes to the Treasury — which is a very, very easy thing  to do.
Oct 15, 2011

Kanye West is going from #OccupyWallStreet to the runway.
The rapper-producer, who visited the New York protests briefly with Russell Simmons on Monday, will perform at the “2011 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” on Nov. 29. Maroon 5 will also perform at the annual event, which will air on CBS at 10 p.m. Eastern/9 Central.

First things first: happy National Coming Out Day! how will you commemorate the day?
As was mentioned in today’s TVoT, Lee Daniels isteaming with Temple Grandin writer W.Merritt Johnson to develop a drama series witha transgender lead about NYC ball culture. THis will be for Showtime. I used to know a few folks involvedin the ball culture, but I still know very little about the scene. Will look forward to learning more via this series. This is a bold movefor Showtime.
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will be bringing his major league celebrity to prepaid card company Unirush LLC after agreeing to design a new card for the underbanked.