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The final month of Hip-Hop 50 was meant to be spent celebrating these pioneers who helped formed the style into the industrial juggernaut that it’s develop into at present. As a substitute, we’re left enjoying a guessing sport of “Who’s Subsequent” to fall from grace. Up to now, Dangerous Boy Data has taken the lead from defending champion R. Kelly now that Diddy has racked in numerous sexual assault allegations in simply the previous two weeks alone.
Nonetheless, many haven’t been fast to neglect that all of it actually began with the scathing allegations of manipulation, coercion and brutal rape by the hands of once-celebrated hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. Since 2017, the Def Jam Recordings co-founder has been accused by a handful of girls of the aforementioned crimes, every with their very own story of Simmons’ sadistic conduct throughout their respective instances working for him.
He’s been adamant to disclaim all claims towards him, fairly probably extra vehemently than any individual in his place accused of the identical, and he determined to quadruple down on his innocence in a brand new interview through In Depth With Graham Bensinger.
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Whereas Russell did his greatest to do a clean-up to his damaged-beyond-repair fame, from mentioning how he bought Beyoncé and Jay-Z into veganism to recounting his rise with Def Jam by the use of launching careers for The Beastie Boys and Run-DMC. Sadly, issues took a flip for the awkward when it got here time to handle each the notorious sexual assault allegations from a number of girls and his strained public feuding with ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons and their grownup daughters.
“I used to be in so many compromising conditions that individuals can have a recollection from 30 or 40 years in the past, and it may be totally different from my recollection,” he mentioned to Bensinger, additional including as a kind of thesis to his general feedback, “We had extra foursomes than most guys had onesomes. May somebody depart and really feel damage? May somebody depart and really feel they wished they hadn’t? May somebody re-imagine a narrative out of 1000’s of individuals? May somebody need notoriety in a market the place individuals thirst for fame — even notorious? May somebody who simply got here out of jail and wish to sue you as a result of they’d an expertise and so they can re-imagine it just a bit bit totally different? May you be weak sufficient to just accept it?” [sic]
Simmons’ nerves about how the interview might be perceived appeared to kick in on the 11:39 mark, the place he flat-out tells Bensinger, “You may form my life to be a superb life and be a servant to God, or you may fuck me up. It actually might be that dramatic.”
Based mostly on reactions from the plenty already, we doubt he had little to no likelihood at gaining any good standing anyway. Particularly whereas broadcasting from his hideaway in Bali.
Preserve scrolling to see among the standout reactions to Russell Simmons’ newest interview addressing his many, many sexual assault allegations:
1. Russell Simmons claims none of those allegations are true, however he fled to a different nation. Make it make sense…
through @AbeFroman
2. Russell Simmons is a violent sexual predator. Periodt.
through @tamaracharese
3. LMAO this interview is one thing else! I do know Russell Simmons doesn’t assume I’m about to really feel sorry for him being “in a crunch” in Bali (the place he fled bc he’s a sexual assaulter) bc his ex took again cash that her present legal man gave him???
through @yasmineisokay
4. Diddy on his method to Russell Simmons spot in Bali
through @mali3035
5. Realizing why Puff idolizes Russell Simmons:
through @MrMarcus260
6. The truth that we didn’t clock Russell Simmons as a sexual predator for his 2013 comedy skit known as “Harriet Tubman Intercourse Tape” exhibits we failed his victims. He ought to have BEEN canceled.
through @Olas_Truth
7. Russell Simmons handed 9 lie detector checks that proves his innocence however nonetheless run out of USA to Bali. 😂😂😂
through @gralak7
8. Russell Simmons is a nasty nigga for doing television interviews on the run
through @Flyerr_MalcolmX
9. Man you possibly can take a look at Russell Simmons and know he was creepy fr
through @k_a_hunt
10. Polygraph checks are straightforward to cheat. Particularly in case you’re somebody, like Russell Simmons, who has been coaching themselves to remain calm (Yoga) for many years.
through @ImJustDEO
