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*Russell Simmons grew irritated during a recent NPR interview with Farai Chideya and was close to walking out on his appearance to plug his new book, ironically about finding inner peace through Yoga.
Simmons had the unfortunate bad timing of launching a book promo tour for "Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success" during the fallout surrounding Don Imus’ “nappy headed hoes” outburst. Instead of asking questions about his book, interviewers instead preferred that he weigh in on the national discussion regarding misogynistic rap lyrics.
Apparently, the last straw happened when Chideya attempted to broach the subject during his recent visit to NPR.
"I had a book tour about peace and love, and everyone wants to talk about b***ches and hoes," he snapped.
Chideya writes in her article about the interview: “At one point, Simmons characterized our discussion in less-than-family-friendly terms. You'll have to listen to the interview to get Simmons in full feather, but let me take you into the studio at that moment: Russell is sitting a few feet from me, wearing spotless white athletic shoes, a shirt with a yoga theme, and a crisp baseball cap tilted to the side. While he is going off, he is leaning off — away from the mic, that is. He's talking to his assistant in studio, complaining about the interview, and I'm thinking, "Is he about to run the heck out of here?
“Luckily, he didn't. In the end, after a long back-and-forth, Simmons explained that his role is to promote all of hip-hop, good and bad, not to be a judge or a gate-keeper.”
Listen to Farai's Interview with Russell Simmons.
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