Joseph Simmons

Joseph Simmons - Run - is a genuine cultural fault line for me. As a founding member of Run-DMC he helped drag hip hop out of the clubs and into the mainstream, and the group's collision with rock arguably reshaped what the genre could be. What fascinates me most is the second act: trading the mic for the pulpit as Reverend Run, then opening his family life to America on Run's House. That's a rare arc - pioneer, then minister, then reality TV dad. I read it as someone who never stopped reinventing how he reaches people, whether through a beat, a sermon, or a camera.

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Name (English)

Joseph Simmons

Name (Japanese)

ジョゼフ・シモンズ

Reading

じょぜふ・しもんず

Born

November 14, 1964 (age 61)

Origin

Queens, New York, United States

Height

173 cm

Occupation

disc jockey / actor / rapper / record producer / screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Simmons
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q742642

Tags

• New York
• disc jockey
• actor
• rapper

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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