Vanessa and Angela at the MTV VMAs
On the left, Vanessa. On the right, Angela.

Vanessa and Angela are the daughters of DJ Run, one of the founding members of the hip-hop group Run DMC. He is now known as Rev. Run, and all three star with the rest of their family on the MTV reality series “Run’s House”.

Vanessa Simmons is the oldest daughter and oldest child. She is an aspiring actress and Ford Model. She was #82 in Maxim’s of the “Hot 100″ people in 2006. In March 2007, she was featured in a national Verizon commercial.
She graduated from St. John’s University in 2007 with a degree in Communications. Vanessa was recently cast as Lola on the CBS soap opera “Guiding Light”.

Angela Simmons is the second daughter and second oldest. She graduated from the High School of Fashion Industries. She is now attending the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is also executive editor of Word Up! magazine’s subsidiary publication “Angela’s Rundown”. “Angela’s Rundown” is a monthly magazine targeting youths age 14-18 and cover teen issues, style, music, and fashion while offering fashion tips and in-depth celebrity interviews. She was featured in Bow Wow’s video “Shortie Like Mine”.
In 2008, she and Vanessa were selected as one of BET’s “Top 25 under 25″.

In 2006, Vanessa and Angela jointly came up with the idea for feminine but sporty footwear, called it Pastry, and pitched it to Run Athletics which happens to be owned by their father Rev Run and their uncle Russell Simmons.

Vanessa and Angela have several famous and accomplished family members.

Russell Simmons, their father’s brother, is the media and fashion mogul who founded Phat Farm, Baby Phat and Run Athletics. He sold Phat Fashions (parent to Baby Phat and Phat Farm) in 2004 for a reported $140 million. Russell is heavily involved in philantrophic interests and political activism.

Kimora Lee Simmons, Russell Simmons ex-wife, is the creative founding visionary behind Baby Phat. She was recently promoted to creative director for all of Phat Fashions and is said to have a very active role in design and marketing.

Daniel “Danny” Simmons, Jr is the oldest brother to Rev Run and Russell. He is an accomplished abstract painter and the creator of HBO’s TV series “Def Poetry”.