Russell Simmons Exposed

As an introduction to my presence at globalgrind.com I have decided to take a stab at the creator of the site Mr. Russell Simmons. Why would I take a stab first time around at the boss man…who knows? Maybe he deserves it, maybe he doesn’t, but the bottom-line is that you are going to get it today. I know many of you have been waiting all month for this analysis, and I apologize. I have been extremely busy, and I didn’t want to just throw to together anything.
It is only right to take a stab at Russell Simmons, seeing that he has used every avenue possible to exploit the cultural of Hip Hop. Don’t get me wrong I have a huge amount of respect for Russell Simmons. We have what “they” call a love/hate relationship. I must admit he does have a number of programs to help the community that he funds both publicly and privately. I know firsthand the philanthropy of Russell, because I live in Southeast Queens the home of Run DMC, LL Cool J, Ja Rule, 50 Cent, and the in/famous Russell Simmons. Just because we are from the same neighborhood doesn’t mean that he can’t be called out when he is on some BS. Most would praise Russell Simmons in their first blog on his site, but I have decided to take the road less travel. There are a number of issues I could attack in regard to Russell: sweat shops, over priced clothing, slave record deals etc etc, but today I will simply be talking about his diamond deals.
The term blood diamonds and/or conflict diamonds is a word that has been thrown around recently, that doesn’t necessarily reflect the true nature of the diamond trade in Africa and the Diaspora. The term blood diamond/conflict diamond denotes the idea that there is a reciprocal to the ideology of these specific diamonds from Africa. One could come to the conclusion that there is a “blood free” or “conflict free” diamond. This rational is inherently false, there is no such thing as a bloodless or conflict free diamond. Every diamond that is taken out of Africa is a Blood Diamond. Instead of writing five pages on Russell Simmon’s and his relationship to DeBeers and the diamond trade, I have decided to create a PowerPoint presentation. They’re limiting my words at globalgrind.com, so I figure a presentation would help me get around that hump. Hopefully you guys like my new format, and I look forward to bring you the REAL from the mind of MARVO.

Follow this link to the powerpoint, then click “full” in the bottom left hand corner of the screen that reads Blood/ Conflict Diamonds Russell Simmons Exposed:
http://www.slideshare.net/marving2/blooddiamonds2