After lighting the fuse for the hip-hop explosion more than two decades ago, Russell Simmons has extended his Defness to the Def Poetry Jam tour, coming straight from Broadway. With rhymes as diverse ...

LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- All Def Digital and Russell Simmons have partnered with award-winning editor Jason Zeldes to executive produce Zeldes' documentary feature directorial debut ...

*LOS ANGELES—All Def Digital and Russell Simmons have partnered with award-winning editor Jason Zeldes to executive produce Zeldes’ documentary feature directorial debut Romeo Is Bleeding, a stirring ...

A Def Poetry Jam reboot is in the works and Russell Simmons is looking to tap Chance the Rapper as the show’s new host. “Super excited,” Simmons tweeted. “Been in negotiation with Chance The Rapper ...

Critics and audiences alike shouted their approval when spoken word came to the Great White Way in November 2002 by way of "Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway." Further proof that the ...