. >>> russell simmons. >> okay, sure. >> we currently represent maybe 40 artists.it more they understand it more, appreciate it more. >> a person must be given a great deal of credit is the man who was married to the fabulous model kimora lee simmons, russell simmons. what russell simmons and kimora lee simmons did as a couple was extraordinary, not only for the hip-hop culture but for the fashion culture. for the urban fashion culture. what they created with their brand, the phat farm product was the main thing. >> the music culture smartened up when a guy named russell simmons starts phat farm. then people around him are like, man, he made off with that? then you have all of these things that's a domino effect, knowing what our culture want and how much money is made. >> when mainstream american culture discovered hip-hop, they began trying to sort of, you know, sell bits and pieces of it in any way they could. and this is when you got all of these, you know, fashion labels associated with rappers. >> at rock wear, i would try to show a lifestyle that people woul

brand, the phat farm product was amazing. >> the music culture smartened up when a guy named russell simmonsg what our culture want and how much money is made. >> when mainstream american culture discovered hip-hop, they began trying to sort of, you know, sell bits and pieces of it in any way they could. and this is when you got all of these, you know, fashion labels associated with rappers. >> at rocawear, i would try to show a lifestyle that people would buy into. that's what i was ultimately trying to do. you know what i'm saying? i don't want it to be looked at as we're good for urban or black clothing. i wanted to compete with everyone else in the world. >> rocawear was around well before sean john, but it wasn't until we saw the numbers of sean john that rocawear was able to benefit from that. by the time sean john came on the scene, urban brands were starting to become a bit saturated in the fashion market. and i think sean john really injected the industry with a new pulse. >> i think for sean john, you know, my whole muse and motivation was what i grew up seeing in the streets, what

russell simmons.an others. i think people as they hear it more, they understand it more. or appreciate it more. >> a person that must be given a great deal of credit is the man who was married to the fabulous model simmons. russell simmons. what russell and kimora simmons did is extraordinary not only for the hip hop culture but the fashion culture. for the urban fas

russell simmons. >> call me. >> currently represent 40 artists. they have all had some success, some more than others. i think people as they hear it more, they understand it more. or appreciate it more. >> a person that must be given a great deal of credit is the man who was married to the fabulous model simmons. russell simmons. what russell and kimora simmons did is extraordinary not only for the hip hop culture but the fashion culture. for the urban fashion culture. what they created with their brand, the phat farm product was amazing. >> the music culture end up with a guy named russell simmons in terms of phat farm and people around him saying how much they make off of that and you have all of these things that are a domino effect of knowing what our culture wants and how much money is made. >> when main stream american culture discovered hip hop, they began to try to sort of celibates and pieces of it any way they could. this is when you got all of these, you know, fashion labels social associa

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russell simmons, man. it's great to see you, man. very cool guy right there.hs] [laughter] and if you're just tuning in, folks, this is not a memorial for larry king. larry, i love you. you been a great sport tonight. give him some love. [cheers and applause] the former hunchback of cnn. his first caller was alexander graham bell. i love you, buddy. larry king live. even the title was an oxymoron. the first time larry covered an uprising in egypt, he interviewed moses. larry asked him if he thought the whole thing was a pyramid scheme. i love larry. he recently quit his show. he plans on spending his retirement opening a jar. since our last roast, the comedy world has lost a great friend, gary coleman. he died recently from multiple aneurysms, which is kinda like different strokes. to gary coleman. whitney cummings is back again. some of you may recognize her from her porn name, "whitney cummings." whitney's so busy these days, currently working on three pilots. and that was just on the flight in. whitney, thanks for yelling your act at us like always. this wa