https://www.spin.com Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:23:49 +0000 en-US https://assets.spin.com/wp-content/themes/spin/assets/images/spin-logo_feed.png https://www.spin.com 125 40 Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More hourly 1 https://www.spin.com/featured/snoop-dogg-tha-doggfather-february-1997-interview/ https://www.spin.com/featured/snoop-dogg-tha-doggfather-february-1997-interview/#respond Sat, 24 Aug 2019 20:11:24 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?post_type=featured&p=340144 This article originally appeared in the February 1997 issue of SPIN. Imagine you are Snoop Doggy Dogg, the best and biggest-selling rapper of the '90s, hero to millions of kids. It's less than a week before the release of Tha Doggfather, your first real album in three years, a cinch to go No.]]> https://www.spin.com/featured/snoop-dogg-tha-doggfather-february-1997-interview/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/07/russell-simmons-alexia-norton-jones-rape-allegation/ https://www.spin.com/2018/07/russell-simmons-alexia-norton-jones-rape-allegation/#respond Tue, 10 Jul 2018 21:08:52 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=296953 Russell Simmons of rape. Alexia Norton Jones, the granddaughter of publishing house founder W.W. Norton and daughter of former Martin Luther King Jr. attorney and speechwriter Clarence Jones, tells Variety that Simmons was a professional acquaintance and friendly with her father. In November 1990, Jones says, she and Simmons went on… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/07/russell-simmons-alexia-norton-jones-rape-allegation/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/06/nbc-russell-simmons-assault-joy-reid/ https://www.spin.com/2018/06/nbc-russell-simmons-assault-joy-reid/#respond Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:58:52 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=295698 Russell Simmons and a sexual assault allegation against Extra host A.J. Calloway, according to a new story in The Hollywood Reporter. The allegations were levied by Sil Lai Abrams, an author and domestic abuse activist who says she felt emboldened by the #MeToo movement to come forward… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/06/nbc-russell-simmons-assault-joy-reid/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/03/russell-simmons-accused-of-rape-in-new-10m-lawsuit/ https://www.spin.com/2018/03/russell-simmons-accused-of-rape-in-new-10m-lawsuit/#respond Sat, 24 Mar 2018 14:30:00 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=283292 Russell Simmons has been accused of rape in a new $10 million lawsuit, according to court documents obtained by Billboard. In the complaint, which was filed Friday (March 23) in LA County Superior Court, a woman identified as Jane Doe accused the Def Jam co-founder of luring her to his hotel room and raping… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/03/russell-simmons-accused-of-rape-in-new-10m-lawsuit/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/01/russell-summons-jarosik-rape-today/ https://www.spin.com/2018/01/russell-summons-jarosik-rape-today/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2018 16:57:48 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=276752 Today Show Tuesday to discuss the $5 million lawsuit she filed against Russell Simmons. Jarosik told Kelly that Simmons, who she says she previously looked up to as a friend and mentor, raped her twice, once in New York in 2011 and once in Los… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/01/russell-summons-jarosik-rape-today/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/01/russell-simmons-rape-lawsuit-five-million/ https://www.spin.com/2018/01/russell-simmons-rape-lawsuit-five-million/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2018 03:03:37 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=275676 Russell Simmons is being sued for $5 million by an aspiring filmmaker who claims the music mogul invited her to his house on the pretext they would discuss a documentary project only to be attacked and raped by him. In documents filed Wednesday (Jan. 24) with the United States District Court for the… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/01/russell-simmons-rape-lawsuit-five-million/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2018/01/russell-simmons-rape-accusations-police-reports/ https://www.spin.com/2018/01/russell-simmons-rape-accusations-police-reports/#respond Tue, 09 Jan 2018 19:59:13 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=273321 Russell Simmons of rape have filed reports with the NYPD, TMZ reports. Since November, at least 12 women have accused the entertainment mogul of sexual harassment, assault, or rape. Those who filed reports reportedly include Sherri Hines, a former member of hip hop group Mercedes Ladies, who accuses Simmons of raping her at his office in 1983, and… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/01/russell-simmons-rape-accusations-police-reports/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/12/nypd-investigation-russell-simmons/ https://www.spin.com/2017/12/nypd-investigation-russell-simmons/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2017 23:10:00 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=270522 reported Thursday that the NYPD has opened an investigation into Russell Simmons following allegations from at least 11 women who accuse the Def Jam co-founder of sexual assault and rape. According to the Times, a person at the NYPD who was not authorized to comment and requested anonymity confirmed detectives in the… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/12/nypd-investigation-russell-simmons/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/12/russell-simmons-rape-sexual-misconduct-allegations/ https://www.spin.com/2017/12/russell-simmons-rape-sexual-misconduct-allegations/#respond Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:58:11 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=270284 Russell Simmons of sexual harassment or assault. The New York Times spoke to four women who accuse the music mogul of sexual misconduct between 1988 and 2014. Three of those women claim that Simmons raped them. The women accusing Simmons of rape include Drew Dixon, a former A&R executive… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/12/russell-simmons-rape-sexual-misconduct-allegations/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/11/russell-simmons-steps-down-sexual-assault-accusation-apology/ https://www.spin.com/2017/11/russell-simmons-steps-down-sexual-assault-accusation-apology/#respond Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:55:33 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=267681 Russell Simmons says he is stepping down from his companies following a second accusation of sexual assault. In a letter published today by The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Jenny Lumet accused Simmons of taking her to his apartment against her will and sexually assaulting her in 1991. "I need no one to… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/11/russell-simmons-steps-down-sexual-assault-accusation-apology/feed/ 0