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Infobox musical artist| name = Joseph W. Simmons| image = Joseph Simmons hs by David Shankbone.jpg| caption = Simmons at the 2007 Brooklyn Book Festival | background = solo_singer| birth_name = Joseph Ward Simmons| origin = Queens, New York | residence = Saddle River,New Jersey | years active = 1982-present| birth_date = birth date and age|1964|11|14|mf=y|birth_place = Queens, New York , United States|U.S. | occupation = Rapper , Hip hop producer|Producer , Disc Jockey|D.J. , Reverend | associated_acts = Run–D.M.C. , Kid Rock , Sean Combs , Russell Simmons , Aerosmith | genre = Old school hip hop , East Coast hip hop , rap rock about|the hip-hop artist|the 19th century baseball player|Joe Simmons Joseph Ward Simmons (born November 14, 1964), known by the stage name Rev. Run or DJ Run , is one of the founding members of the influential hip hop music|hip hop group Run–D.M.C. . He is also a practicing Minister (Christianity)|minister , known as The Reverend|Reverend Run . Simmons was born in Hollis, Queens , New York . He is the brother of Danny Simmons|Daniel "Danny" Simmons, Jr. and Russell Simmons , the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam Records .

He found new popularity in 2005 with his family's MTV reality show '' Run's House .

Career


Before Run–D.M.C., Simmons was the lead vocalist in the hip-hop group called "The Force." He founded Run-D.M.C. as a lead vocalist along with friend Darryl McDaniels|Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and the late DJ Jason Mizell|Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell .

Run began using the stage name of "Rev. Run" after he was ordained as a Pentecostal ministerHochman,Steve. http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jul/16/entertainment/et-run16 "Minister on MTV? Yep, he's a Rev Run", Los Angeles Times , July 16, 2005 by E. Bernard Jordan , Simmons spiritual mentor."Bishop Jordon honored in Chicago." Jet. April 23, 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2011. Jordan also named him "Protege of the Year Award" in 2004. The same day, symbolic of his "Prosperity Ministry", there was a " Rolls-Royce Motor Cars|Rolls Royce parade outside the Plaza Hotel in New York City , " featuring Jordan's Phantom Rolls Royce."Rev. Ike and Rev. Run honored." Jet. July 12, 2004. Retrieved December 26, 2011. The new $325,000 Phantom had been a gift from Reverend Run as a "thank you" for Jordan's mentoring support."Thank you." Jet. May 10, 2004. Retrieved December 26, 2011.

His first work as Rev. Run was a feature in the single "Song 4 Lovers" by United Kingdom|UK pop music|pop band Liberty X in September 2005. The music video for that song was directed by Bill Schacht for Aestheticom and reached broadcast airplay chart positions of #2 Box UK and #4 MTV UK with heavy rotation on 5 other music channels in the UK. Run DMC also is in the rock and roll hall of fame .

It was followed by his first solo album, Distortion (Run album)|Distortion . The first single from the album, "Mind on the Road", is featured in the EA Sports 's Madden NFL 06 video game. "Mind on the Road" uses samples from the song " I Love Rock 'n' Roll ", in the tradition of Run-DMC's 1980s hits using samples like Aerosmith's hit " Walk This Way "

Rev Run appears on the MTV series '' Run's House , a reality show revolving around his everyday life with his family.

In 2002, he appeared on a special "Rap Stars" edition of Weakest Link (US game show)|The Weakest Link , http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx? tvobjectid=205397& more=ucepisodelist& episodeid=3465178 TV Guide 2002 and was the third one voted off.

In 2007, he appeared with his son Diggy Simmons on My Super Sweet 16 while attending a 16th birthday party for Sean Combs|Diddy 's son, Quincy. Sean Combs|Diddy is also the producer of ''Run's House .

In 2008, Simmons and his wife Justine teamed up with Kool-Aid and a non-profit organization called KaBOOM& #33; to help build playgrounds in underserved communities. With Kool-Aid, they are helping to build twenty four playgrounds over the course of 2008 and hope to raise awareness for the need for safe play spaces.

On August 5, 2008 Gotham Press published Simmons' book, ''Take Back Your Family: A Challenge to America's Parents , co-authored by his wife, Justine Simmons, and Chrisifer Morrow http://www.amazon.com/Take-Back-Your-Family-Challenge/dp/1592403816 Take Back Your Family . Amazon.com

On September 8, 2007, Rev Run was honored as a Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI Icon at the annual BMI Urban Awards.

The Weekend of September 17 and 18 of 2011, Rev Run made a Special Guest appearance at Bay Area Fellowship with Pastor Bil Cornelius in Corpus Christi, Texas http://www.bayareafellowship.com Bay Area Fellowship Church
During the month of October 2011, Rev Run was a special guest of Fellowship Church based out of Grapevine, Texas .

Personal life


Simmons married Annie King in 1983,citation needed|date=December 2010 they had three children, Vanessa Simmons , Angela Simmons , and Joseph "Jojo" Simmons Jr.citation needed|date=December 2010
He married Justine Simmons|Justine Jones on June 25, 1994. http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/rundmc.htm http://www.blackpressusa.com/news/Article.asp? SID=3& Title=National+News& NewsID=21058 Black Press USA With her, he had three more children: Diggy Simmons|Daniel "Diggy" Simmons III , Russell "Russy" Simmons II, and Victoria Anne Simmons. Victoria was four pounds, five ounces when she was delivered via caesarean section. http://hiphop.popcrunch.com/reverand-run-and-justine-gear-up-for-season-three-of-runs-house/ Reverend Run And Justine Gear Up For Season Three Of “Run’s House” She died shortly after being born on September 26, 2006, due to omphalocele , a birth defect that caused her organs to grow outside her body. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20033199,00.html Reverend Run, Wife Open Up About Losing Baby. BY TIFFANY MCGEE. People (magazine)|People . Saturday March 31, 2007 11:55 PM EDT http://www.tmz.com/2006/09/26/exclusive-horrifying-death-of-reality-stars-baby Exclusive: Horrifying Death of Reality Star's Baby The Simmons allowed MTV camera crews of Run's House to document baby Victoria's death, telling People (magazine)|PEOPLE that "God, in my mind, gave us something to go through in front of America, so we documented it on-camera – not so much to show you sadness, but to show you how we, as ministers, would handle this tragedy. The kids found out on-camera. Diggy was waiting to see, 'How's Mommy? ' And the first words we said were, 'The baby didn't make it.'" Soon they adopted a baby girl, Miley Justine Simmons. http://www.bvnewswire.com/2007/12/28/rev-run-and-justine-simmons-new-bundle-of-joy/ Rev. Run & Justine Simmons: New Bundle of Joy. By Karu F. Daniels on Dec 28th 2007 6:06PM. AOL Black Voices

The Simmons family lives in Saddle River, New Jersey , USA .From RunCMC's website, "Despite the Run's House locale of affluent Saddle River, New Jersey, the roots of Run-DMC remain firmly planted in the working class New York neighborhood of Hollis, Queens." http://www.rundmc.com/index.cfm/pk/content/pid/400092

Discography


Solo


Infobox Discography| Type = studio
| Name = Distortion (Joseph Simmons album)|Distortion
| Released = October 18, 2005
| Label = Def Jam
| Producer =
| Format = LP
| Chart position=
| Sales = 86,000 (U.S)
| Singles = "Mind on the Road"
| Writer =
| Tracks =
| Other info =

With Run-D.M.C.


Main|Run-D.M.C.#Discography

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  • http://www.mtv.com/onair/dyn/runs_house/series.jhtml Official ''Run's House Website

  • http://www.tmz.com/2006/09/26/exclusive-horrifying-death-of-reality-stars-baby/ Story of the Death of Run's Daughter


  • Run-D.M.C.Def Jam Recordings
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    | PLACE OF BIRTH = Queens, New York
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