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Date of Birth
4 October 1957, Queens, New York, USA

Nickname
Rush

Height
5' 8" (1.73 m)

Spouse
Kimora Lee (20 December 1998 - present) (filed for divorce) 2 children

Trivia

Co-founded Def Jam Recordings with Rick Rubin in 1984.

CEO of Rush Communications Inc.

Older brother of Rev Run (Joseph Simmons) of the hip-hop group Run-D.M.C..

He and Kimora Lee were married in St. Bart's by his brother, Rev. Joseph Simmons (aka "Run" of Run-D.M.C.).

Father, with Kimora Lee, of Ming Lee (daughter, born Jan. 21, 2000).

In 1992, he founded Phat Farm, a popular brand of urban clothing (wife Kimora Lee later launched her own extension of the line, called Baby Phat).

Passed up on signing Madonna to his Def Jam Recordings in the early 1980s.

Is a vegan

Brother of Daniel J. Simmons.

Son of Daniel Simmons

Second daughter, Aoki Lee, was born on August 16, 2002. Her mother is Kimora Lee.

Tyra Banks is the godmother of his daughter Ming Lee


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