no one said anything and russell simmons and other people start to jump in. it was guilt by association, but will it change anything? >> when you look at the responses, anderson cooper came out and said this was a great thing. russell simmons and jay z, but not a lot of other people in the hip hop community coming out. they are afraid of being tainted as somehow being gay. clearly the sheer number of people in hip hop, there have to be gay performers. people don't want to talk about it. if his sales don't go down or he is more popular, i think others who are gay might have the courage to come out as well. >> it's always interesting and i say that the hip hop entertainment and movies and athletics, they don't defy the rest of the population. it's interesting that you say that. >> you know, don, the gay community has a tremendous amount of financial power. if all of a sudden they become hip hop fans, this could be a good thing for hip hop. >> thank you. stand by. i want to you pay attention. in 1993 a boy taped himself talking to his future self. confused yet?

no one said anything and then russell simmons and other people jump in. do you think this is going to change anything? >> but when you look at the responses, anderson cooper came out and overwhelmingly people come out and say this is a great thing. russell simmons and jay-z and others aren't coming out and i think they are afraid of being tainted as somehow being gay because clearly the sheer number of people at hip-hop there has to be gay hip-hop performance and people don't want to talk about it in that business and in time i think overcome it. if frank ocean's sales are not affected i think others who are gay will be encouraged to come out as well. >> i say the hip-hop entertainment, music, athletics, they don't defy the rest of the population and interesting you say that. >> don, you know, the gay community has a tremendous amount of financial powers so if all of a sudden they become hip-hop fans, this could be a very good thing for hip-hop! >> thank you both. stand by. i want you to pay attention now. in 1993 a bill taped himself talking to his futur

you have russell simmons and jay-z.on't have a lot of other people coming out in the hip-hop community. i think they're afraid of being tainted as somehow being gay. clearly, the sheer number of people in hip-hop, there has to be gay hip-hop performers. people don't want to talk about it in that business. in time, i think they'll overcome it. if frank ocean's sales don't go down, or his popularity is not affected, i think others who are gay might have the courage to come out as well. >> the gay community has a tremendous amount of financial power. if they become hip-hop fans, this could be a very good thing. >> my thanks to dean and anna. >>> up next, priorities. why are politicians wasting your time and leveraging your future just to keep their own jobs and you're falling for it? tonight, i let lawmakers have is in tonight's no talking points. now get an incredible offer on the powerful c250 sport sedan. but hurry before this opportunity...disappears. the mercedes-benz summer event ends july 31st. the mercedes-benz sum

kanye followed russell simmon who's followed mobile grind and there is a round for travel service mobley. and kim kardashian has been successful with her shoe dazzle. jessica alba founded the honest company and zoey de deschannel backed hello, giggles and selena gomez uses her company's product post card on the run and justin beiber made the cover of "forbes" for his investments. and there is the only one developing his own app. >> there are a million and a half people following me on twitter. and when that started i was trying to think of the next app that will change the world. >> since he can act he produced a prose proe motional video spoof. >> not just turning in tons of dough. >> andy sandberg was envious and i started one for his company. jennifer hasn't done her video yet but knows a thing or two about music videos. >> thank you, bay area, you helped raise thousands for foster kids just by liking abc 7 news, just to name a few fans susan m, donna m, and deb c from son gnomea. you can still make a difference and maybe get your name mentioned on abc 7 news. just like abc 7 news and

i used to work for r russell simmons, i wanted to do r & b, i bridged the culture with new jack swingstarted off the group, you had hits yourself, three big hits. what made you leave being an artist --. >> what made me leave i was a manager as well as being an artist, l.l. cool j., when he got out there, he had screaming girl fans like new edition, i was already singing about rolexs and bentleys, if i have to break it down and sing about boom boxes it's time to me to step to the back and put the young guys forward. >> by 1986 you started uptown. >> heavy d and the boys. ♪ >> how did you have the eye for targeting acts that weren't circulating at the time? >> it was timing and hip hop was becoming mainstream, i wanted to put it with r&b. my artist that fit my soul. >> another piece you added to the equation was love. >> 100%. i grew up on motown, marvin gaye, diana ross, i always had love in the back of my mine, i grew up with love, with heavy d, the concept with him was let's take the eye off his weight and put your eye more on his style and his heart, and his swag. so when he was sin

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russell simmons tweeted, praying usher and tamika's son is okay.le he fights for his life, the investigation continues. very tough times, as usher and his family hope and pray that the boy pulls through. for now, no charges filed in this case. police do say that alcohol was not a factor in this crash. guys? >> thanks, john. appreciate it. >>> all right, now to that texas folk hero or is she a villain? we're talking about the woman who was arrested for warning drivers about a speed trap ahead. in my hometown of houston. >> reporter: good morning, police put natalie plummer behind bars because they say that she was a danger to drivers. she wasn't behind the wheel. but, get this, she wasn't behind the wheel. she was riding her bike. natalie plummer is either a motorist's best friend or a menace to society. just depends who you ask. just two weeks ago, she was riding her bike along this road, and noticed that police were pull cars over in a speed trap. so she made a sign. >> i was completely abiding by the law. i was warning other citizens of a situati

the investigation continues as condolences pour in from justin bieber, russell simmons and celebrities as well. >>> bizarre story that took some headlines this morning, the sheriff's department is trying to unravel an increasingly bizarre family drama involving michael jackson any mother katherine. investigators say they have located mrs. jackson and she is safe. over the weekend though, paris jackson, michael's daughter, tweeted she had not seen her grandmother and guardian for a week and was unable to reach her by phone. there was speculation mrs. jackson is trying to stay away from day growing family feud over her son's will. they say she could be in the state of arizona with one of her daughters trying to get some rest and get away from the drama. >> yes, five of his siblings, michael jackson's siblings are fighting over the will, reportedly left out. he had reportedly told them, the lawyers, that were drafting up the will weren't to beep trusted. >> the mom doesn't want a part of all that. she is getting away. >> man getting good weather out there in arizona. a look at your weathe

you have george lopez, russell simmons.the hidden fees and look at the terms of every card. in many cases, the celebrities, it's good for them. their face is on a card. they are making money. exactly, you are not. the kardashians have big problems with this. they had signed and endorsed one of them. their card charged $100 a year to use it. with the little fees, it added up to $100. >> very, very reasonable. banks -- >> incomplete sentence. >> because of charges like that, banks make a ton on these. >> they do. that's one of the reasons you have banks heavily marketing these. not just big banks but all over the place. banks taking advantage of the fact that they have struggled to maintain customers through their traditional routes, so they're going after customers through this. $525 billion is going on these cards this year. $200 billion was the number in 2006. >> wow that's a big jump in six years. >> rebecca, thanks. happy fourth again. >>> matt harding danced his way around the world. some serious moves here. just ahead,