"Daniel "Danny" Simmons, Jr." is a neo-African Abstract expressionism/abstract expressionist painter and the older brother of hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons and rapper Joseph Simmons. He is the co-founder and Chairman of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation (since 1995), which provides disadvantaged urban youth with arts access and education.[http://www.rushphilanthropic.org Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation] As part of Rush Philanthropic, Simmons also founded Rush Arts Gallery and soon thereafter converted part of his loft in Brooklyn into the Corridor Gallery. Both galleries provide exhibition opportunities to early and mid-career artists who do not have commercial representation through galleries or private dealers. Along with his brother Russell, Simmons established Def Poetry Jam, which has enjoyed long-running success on HBO.[http://www.thebody.com/visualaids/web_gallery/2002/simmons/statement.html The Body: Visual AIDS Web Gallery: Danny Simmons - November 2002] In 2004, Simmons published Three Days As the Crow Flies, a fictional account of the 1980s New York art scene. He has also written a book of artwork and poetry called I Dreamed My People Were Calling But I Couldn't Find My Way Home.

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I'd love to go out there and help those folks.

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Here we are, the Lord's blessed us well with the good people of this county to help us.

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The paining that I painted is a spell to revitalize New Orleans, since New Orleans is home to mysticism and voodoo in the United States.

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