Ah, Russell. I suppose this is him accepting Bill O'Reilly's invitation to appear on FOX News "in response" to his "blog"--fall out from the Jeezy debacle in January. Or not. Simmons is vigorously p... Continue reading "Not Quite Bill O'Reilly, Is He? Mike Huckabee vs. Russell Simmons on FOX News" >
Russell Simmons had been arguing on the Internet with Bill O'Reilly over O'Reilly's repeated stabs at hip-hop last month, and the FOX News network bent (partially) to his demands by letting Chuck Norris best pal Mike Huckabee interview him on his show. Huckabee, who plays bass, was actually more knowledgable about hip-hop than probably anyone else on FOX, asking questions about maintaining hip-hop's social aspect when it is so blatantly commercial, which I don't think Simmons was ready for, because he goes off on tangents about his own successes (like the Def Comedy Jam, and NY [...]