Danny Simmons

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Daniel Dwayne Simmons Jr. (August 17, 1953 – June 14, 2026) was an American abstract expressionist painter, a published author, poet, and philanthropist. He was the older brother of hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons and rapper Joseph Simmons ("Reverend Run" of Run-DMC). Simmons was the chairman and a co-founder, along with his siblings, Russell, and Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons, of the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, which provides disadvantaged urban youth with arts access and education. He was the founder of Rush Arts Philadelphia and RAP Gallery II, a new solo exhibition/arts education gallery that opened in 2019 and a onetime board member of the Brooklyn Museum, the Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National !Conference of Artists, and a past Chairman for the New York State Council on the Arts. Along with his brother Russell, Simmons established Def Poetry Jam, which has enjoyed long-running success on HBO. In 2004, Simmons published Three Days as the...

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