Rev Run tells Angela to Put School on Hold

Ever since they first rose to fame, the Simmons family has been all about the money. Rev Run began his rap career in the late 1980s, simply going by Run. He was one-third of the rap crew, Run DMC. As soon as his group became famous, his little brother became the first hip hop mogul. Russell Simmons would work closely with Run DMC and they helped to launch Def Jam.

For the next ten years, Simmons would be the complete owner of the label. Meanwhile, he would offer his older brother some shares in the company. By 1995, the price was good enough for both Russell and Run to sell their shares in Def Jam to Universal. Following the sell of the label, the brothers ventured into clothing with Phat Farm. The line would go on to become one of the top clothing lines out there.

With the popularity of his MTV reality series, "Run's House," Rev Run has eclipsed his brother in terms of popularity. Most of the popularity that Run has comes from his children. Each of his children has some sort of business venture that they are trying to push at all times. The most-successful of these ventures come from his daughters, Vanessa and Angela. They partnered to create the Pastry shoe line and Angela has been trying to create her own magazine for some time.

Angela, his second-born child, has been in college since 2005. For those who watch "Run's House," the first episode was dedicated to Angela and her party. She hosted the party because she had just graduated from high school. In her time out of school, Simmons has taken on the family name and in a major way. Because of all of her business ventures, Rev Run told XXL that he advised her to push her businesses. Her hectic schedule makes it a choice of either school or business. Rev Run has admitted that he told his daughter to wait on graduating from college to continue developing her businesses.