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Russell Simmons: Hip Hop's Top Dog

Frank Broughton, i-D, September 1994

With faith in the power of undiluted black culture, Russell Simmons harnessed the sound of the underground and turned hip hop into a billion dollar business. Now he plans to do the same for street fashion...

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