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People are murdering each other without any recourse... So we need to get in our communities and work from the inside out.

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Russell Simmons
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: October 4
Business Person
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Fashion Designer
Record Producer
Television Producer
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Queens
New York
Russell Wendell Simmons
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