Russy Simmons Gets Fly at LIFE Project for Africa

You all know that the Simmonses has two really successful young girls: Pastry owners, Vanessa and Angela Simmons. But don’t forget that the Simmons family also has such fine men.  First it’s Rev. Joseph “Run” Simmons, the wise dad / hip-hop legend and then uncle Russell Simmons the entrepreneur, then it’s down to the kids: Jojo the rapper, Diggy the clothing designer AND rapper, and last but not least the cute -but often overlooked, Russy.

And to prove how he’s all grown up and getting cuter with a high fly factor, here are some Russy pics from the LIFE Project for Africa event a couple of days ago.

Add a few more years and he’ll be a superfly Batman in his own right. LOL. Anyway, Russy kicked it with the girls and he seemed to enjoy it.

But there’s only one girl he’s got his eyes on.

Aaawww… how cute is this.  Russy and mom, Justine Simmons. They know how to take a good picture!

But what’s the event all about, you ask?  Well, LIFE Project for Africa has a mission to save life and give hope to the poor in Africa, through services that promote HEALTH, provide EDUCATION, tackle POVERTY, provide HOMES (Shelter) to the homeless, and support ORPHANS and vulnerable children among the very poor communities. According to their website, currently LIFE Project is doing quite a lot of things to benefit the unfortunate people in Africa such as:

• Empowering local organizations to provide critical services to the people in Africa.
• Partnering to construct wards for Njia Health Center in Dar-Es-Salaam, to eventually serve a community of 122,000 people.
• Partnering with Rotary International to provide water.
• Supporting indigenous organizations whose goal is capacity-building for local projects involved in health, economic empowerment, education, care of orphans and providing shelter.
• Providing tuition to vulnerable and orphaned children in Africa.
• Shipping medical supplies and equipment to Njia Health Center, in partnership with several U.S. hospitals and health providers.
• Participating in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan / PEPFAR).
• Embarking on an educational initiative called Mwambo Computer & E-learning. The focus is increasing access to basic quality education through e-learning programs.
• Supporting the building of a school in Tanzania.

So Russy Simmons was there for a good cause. A very important cause, that is. Good to know that. If you want to help out, you can check about LIFE For Africa at their official website at www.lifeprojectafrica.org.

Images via TheYBF.com

Diggy Simmons To Release “First Flight” Mixtape November 24

While Vanessa and Angela Simmons are busy with their Pastry Shoes line, Diggy Simmons have been working on a mixtape with DJ Spinking and he leaked a preview of his upcoming track for the First Flight (prequel) mixtape.  Check it out.

Wow, boy sounds good!  If you remember, Diggy Simmons once was caught rapping with mom, Justine Simmons on a Run’s House episode and just recently he did his own version of Keri Hilson and Asher Roth’s “She Don’t Want a Man”.  Well, looks like one more Simmons is ready for the spotlight.

What do you think of Diggy’s track, Pastryheads?

Diggy Simmons: No More Space Age

Following the tracks of his older sisters – Pastry Shoes founders, Vanessa and Angela Simmons- Diggy Simmons has been pretty busy gearing up for his clothing and shoe line which was rumored to either be named: “Space Age” or “Space Cadets”.  However, Diggy recently mentioned in his blog that he’s pulling out the two names and is planning to replace them with something way cooler.  As quoted from his blog:

Wussup everyone I’m just chillin busy with school and other things. Had a meeting today for the line. It went really well and no one knows this yet but the name of the brand is neither space age or space cadet anymore in my eyes its WAY doper it captures me and people can say it’s just gonna be another BBC or BAPE yes inspired by of course but I’m gonna innovate a whole new culture in fashion. The sneakers were great that I looked at today there’s just always something that has to be tweaked or made better.

Whoa, looks like Dig’s meeting about some serious stuff.  And speaking of serious, Diggy has entered the working world, involved in meetings and all just like his sisters, Vanessa and Angela.  These Simmons kids never fail to amaze, don’t they?  They start young, with bubbling ideas and original fashion items and truly create their own trend.

Any thoughts about Dig’s upcoming line?  Are you curious just how dope is the dope kicks he’s censoring?  Have you heard anything about this?  Share with all of us here!

Image via Diggy’s Blog

Run D.M.C. Goes Broadway!

When talking about Vanessa and Angela Simmons, we all know that the two sisters are daughters of hip hop legend, Rev. Joseph “Run” Simmons, better known as Rev. Run.  He formed the hip hop group Run D.M.C. in the 1980’s along with Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and the late Jason “Jam-Master Jay” Mizell.  The group became an 80’s sensation and is now recognized as one of the pioneers of the hip hop genre.  In fact, Run D.M.C. has been inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, a recognition that’s very significant in the music world.

It just came to PastryShoesCollection.com’s radar, that Run D.M.C. will be the title of an upcoming Broadway musical.  Producer, Paula Wagner, thinks that ast the first hip hop act to cross over and became a major influence in American music, the Run D.M.C story will be told in a unique manner.  Paula, who’s also the producer of “Mission: Impossible” movies, “The Last Samurai” and “Vanilla Sky”, expressed her delight on the possibility to work with Run DMC.

“I feel their story lends itself perfectly to the stage. This project has been a passion of mine for some time and I couldn’t be more thrilled to be working with them.”

Vanessa Simmons once starred in a play.  Will she be involved in this project?  No words about that yet, and again, PastryShoesCollection.com will fine tune its radar to let you know should there be any progress.

Can’t wait to see the play, though!

Run DMC Street Renaming Ceremony – Videos

As previously reported by PastryShoesCollection.com, Run DMC was honored to have their group’s name as a street name in their old neighborhood in Hollis a couple of weeks ago.  If you weren’t there for the historic event, here are some videos from the cool people at RapRadar.  First up: The street-sign unveiling.

Rev. Run said a few words, looking a little nostalgic as he talked about how he looked up to the late DJ Jam-Master Jay.  Touching.  Next is DMC.

And last but not least, Jay-Master J’s mom.

It’s always heartwarming to see a legendary group that doesn’t forget where they came from.  Congratulations once again to Run DMC, and we all hope that Hollis will deliver the next generation of Hip Hop legends!

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Diggy Simmons Fashion Week Swagger

A lot of you who visit PastryShoesCollection.com might notice that whenever the topic is about The New York Fashion Week, all spotlights were aimed at Vanessa and Angela Simmons.  That’s going to change as today it’s all about Diggy Simmons, who was seen at the major fashion shows -he even sat front row- at the major fashion event with his uncle, Russell Simmons.  He was also seen with his beautiful sisters, Pastry creators and reality TV stars, Vanessa and Angela.  Here are the Diggy Simmons – sighting at The New York Fashion Week 2009.

See, this guy is serious when it comes to fashion.  How many teenagers are lucky enough to sit front row in NY Fashion Week?  Not much!  It’s lucky that Diggy knows (and related) to the right people in the fashion biz, such as his uncle, Russell Simmons and also sisters Vanessa and Angela who are also frequent visitors of the event.

Let’s take a closer look at Dig’s outfit.

Nice.  Is that a Melody Ehsani ring he’s wearing?

Diggy seems to love this cardigan so much.  It looks mighty cool on him, as well.  To wear it more than once is not a problem, as long as you pair it right.  And Diggy pulled it off!

Diggy got to hang out with his uncle, a powerful man in urban culture and hip hop, Russell Simmons, and also his cousins Ming and Aoki Lee Simmons.

Fun times, indeed.

Tell us, Pastryheads.  Which Diggy Simmons attire caught your attention?

Image via: Wireimage & Diggy’s blog