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Kidsday interviews Diggy Simmons

Published: December 5, 2011 3:52 PM
By Kidsday reporters: Alex Young, Christina Young and Joelle Wellington

Photo credit: Newsday/Pat Mullooly | 427) Rapper Diggy Simmons with Kidsday reporters from Brooklyn, (l) Christina Young, Joelle Wellington and Alex Young. They were backstage at the Best Buy Theater in Manhattan, Nov. 19, 2011.

We met singer Diggy Simmons backstage at the Best Buy Theater recently. He was part of the Scream Tour. He is the son of Rev. Run and nephew of Russell Simmons. If you want to find out even more about Diggy, visit his website: http://www.diggyworld.com/

When did you start rapping?

I started rapping, well I started writing and rapping as well, but I didn't put my music out at that point....