Miles Marshall Lewis, a former editor at Vibe and XXL
magazines, is completing an essay collection tentatively titled The
Death of Hiphop (Akashic), due out next summer. His essays and music
criticism have appeared in the Village Voice, LA Weekly,
Rolling Stone, Spin and many other magazines.
Russell Simmons, known for decades as Rush to his friends, is of average
height and build for a man his age (45), with a cleanshaven face, bald
dome and light complexion.


