NEW YORK, March 28 (UPI) -- Hip-hop music mogul Russell Simmons returned to his roots in Queens in New York to urge minority youth and warring gangs to stop killing each other.
"For me this is significant because I grew up here," Simmons told a Saturday rally in Queens Village. "Not too far from here, I sold drugs. I've had to change, and I've had leaders show me the way."