Roots drummer ?uestlove and legendary Def Jam founder Russell Simmons have teamed up for a “fundraising battle” for the re-election of Barack Obama. Donors can pick “I’m with Questlove or I’m with Simmons” in this mock “election” to see who can raise for money for the Obama campaign. At the time of this writing ?uestlove [cont.]

Here is footage of Professor Bun B holding down his gig at Rice University, which he told us about a few months back. Russell Rush also joins in to talk about his book “Super Rich: A Guide To Having It All” with students of Bun and Dr. Pinn’s Hip Hop & Religion class.

For those of us not keeping up with the actual news lately, there’s a big debate about the construction of a mosque (which is essentially a religious center for Muslims) near Ground Zero, where the World Trade Center fell on 9-11. The Tea Party and other protesters believe it should not go there because it’s [cont.]

Affion Crockett does his best Russell Rush in the above clip, the first episode in a weekly series from Global Grind.

Preview clip of new Global Grind comedy series, starring your uncle Russell and comedian Affion Crockett as his body double.

Russell Simmons is upset with the media. So upset, that he has addressed them head on. This, coming from a man who laughs with paparazzi, shoulder-dusting on the reg. The New York Post reported last week (complete with “bad rap” puns in the headline) that Russell and Jay were beefing over New York’s Aqueduct redevelopment [cont.]