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Swizz Beats embraces collecting the "Black Renaissance," Artist and Contemporary African Art Curator Bisi Silva leaves a legacy: BAIA Newsletter 02/14/2019 February 18 2019

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Though he [Swizz Beats] can be overwhelmingly humble, when I asked him how he thinks the hip-hop community became so interested in art, he responds, evenly and deliberately — just stating the facts — “I don’t take credit for a lot of things, but I will take credit for that.”

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Painter, author, art collector, and arts entrepreneur Danny Simmons has joined the African American Collections Committee at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Simmons, 65, is the brother of Russell Simmons, with whom he co-founded and co-produced the influential HBO series Def Poetry Jam; and Joseph “Reverend Run” Simmons of hip-hop pioneers Run-DMC. After many years based in Brooklyn, Simmons now lives in and operates all his philanthropic efforts out of Philadelphia.

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Swizz Beats embraces collecting the "Black Renaissance," Artist and Contemporary African Art Curator Bisi Silva leaves a legacy: BAIA Newsletter 02/14/2019 Posted on February 18, 2019

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