Charity biography
“I want to contribute more to earth than I take away from it,” Simmons says.Simmons supported a PETA protest against the treatment of chickens at KFC.
He is Co-Chairman of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network.
Russell co-founded the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation with his brothers, Danny, and Joseph Simmons.
Causes supported
Abuse, Adoption, Fostering, Orphans, AIDS, Animals, At-Risk/Disadvantaged Youths, Children, Creative Arts, Education, Environment, Health, Miscellaneous, Poverty, Voter Education, Women
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