Angela Simmons

Fun Facts: Angela is currently in the process of recording her first album. Her first single will be “The Center of Attention.�

Claim to Fame: Angela s the daughter of hip hop icon Rev Run. She is featured along with the rest of her family on the MTV hit show “Run’s House.�

Joseph Simmons is one of the founding members of hip hop group Run-D.M.C. and a practicing minister known as Rev Run. He is also known as DJ Run and Joey Simmons. Simmons was born in Hollis, Queens, New York, he is the younger brother of Daniel "Danny" Simmons, Jr and Russell Simmons, Def Jam Records co-founder. He entered the scene via his older brother Russell, as a DJ for his first big act for Kurtis Blow. He assumed the alias 'Son of Kurtis Blow', but later changed it to "Run Love".

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


Simmons married Valerie Vaughn in 1983, and had three children with her, Vanessa Simmons, Angela Simmons, and Jojo Simmons. He married Justine Jones on June 25, 1994. With her, he had three more children: Daniel "Diggy" Simmons III, Russell "Russy" Simmons II, and Victoria Anne Simmons. Victoria died shortly after birth on September 26, 2006. Victoria was four pounds, five ounces when she was delivered via caesarean section. She died shortly after being born reportedly due to omphalocele, a birth defect that caused her organs to grow outside her body. The Simmons family decided to allow camera crews to be in the hospital room as they broke the news to their children. They wanted to show viewers how, as a family, they dealt with such a situation.

Shortly after, they adopted a baby girl named Miley Justine Simmons.

The Simmons family lives in Saddle River, New Jersey, USA.


Before Run-D.M.C., Joseph "Run" Simmons was the lead vocalist in the hip-hop group called,"The Force." His associated act was Kurtis Blow.
He founded Run-D.M.C. as a lead vocalist along with MC'ing friend Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and the late DJ Jason "Jam-Master Jay" Mizell. The group's work is considered to be inventive and original, using numerous revolutionary styles, including the pioneering work of Jam-Master Jay. Run began using the stage name of "Rev Run" after he was ordained as a minister in Zoë Ministries. His first work as Rev Run was a feature in the single "Song 4 Lovers" by UK 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.

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