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Russell Simmons Apologizes for Icky Harriet Tubman Sex Tape Video
The founder of Def Jam and the former Mr. Kimora Lee Simmons apologized Thursday for releasing a video that depicted Harriet Tubman, the woman that freed the slaves, blackmailing her slave owner by secretly filming a sex tape with the two of them together.
The video, which has been pulled, was originally on Russell's new YouTube channel All Def Digital. That channel launched this week as a vertical for comedy and music videos intended for a black audience. "Harriet Tubman Sex Tape" was, according to the Kansas City Star, "the first in a series of history-themed comedy sketches planned on the channel." Sort of like Drunk History but for black people because history is for white men.
The video, which has been pulled, was originally on Russell's new YouTube channel All Def Digital. That channel launched this week as a vertical for comedy and music videos intended for a black audience. "Harriet Tubman Sex Tape" was, according to the Kansas City Star, "the first in a series of history-themed comedy sketches planned on the channel." Sort of like Drunk History but for black people because history is for white men.
http://jezebel.com/russell-simmons-apologizes-for-icky-harriet-tubman-sex-1148232024
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