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The Vine Video Series: Russell Simmons Talks Farrakhan, Success and Hip-Hop
Hip-hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons has reached a point where he may well fit his own definition of success: “The state of needing nothing.” But the founder of Def Jam, Phat Farm and Rush Communications is not resting on his laurels. He’s written a book that is on the New York Times best-seller list, Super Rich:…
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The Root Interview: Designer Tracy Reese
Tracy Reese, one of the top American talents showing at the tents in Lincoln Center this week, made her case for creative and fashionable clothes that women can actually wear. Dashing, ankle-length pleated skirt with a stylish caressing sweater, anyone? As always, her dad, Claude Reese, who backed his daughter’s business more than a decade…
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Fashion Week Reviews: Rubin Chapelle's Muse
Native American culture has emerged as a strong theme in the fall 2011 shows, and among those inspired by America’s first inhabitants is the design duo Sonja Rubin and Kip Chapelle. Created under the brand name Rubin Chapelle, the couple’s handling of the theme was thoughtful and understated. It would have been so easy to…
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The Root Interview: Anna Deavere Smith
In this exclusive interview with The Root, actress Anna Deavere Smith (Nurse Jackie, West Wing) talks about her new one-woman show, Let Me Down Easy, which kicked off its national tour at Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage and will air on PBS later this year. In it she explores health care, illness and death and impersonates…
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Beyond Fame With Common
In this audio interview, Contributing Editor Anji Corley goes “Beyond Fame” with rapper and actor Common about how old he was when he wrote his first rap, whether or not a reality show is in his future and his ideal woman.
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Young Futurist Video: Benjamin Mensah
Massachusetts Institute of Technology student Benjamin Mensah has worked hard to promote computer literacy in Africa. Benjamin Mensah’s Young Futurist Bio
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Young Futurist Video: Daquan Chisholm
Baltimore high school student Daquan Chisholm invented a bulletproof helmet to protect police officers in the line of duty and hopes to patent it one day. Daquan Chisholm’s Young Futurist Bio
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