Russell Simmons Music Group or RSMG is a record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 founded by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons

Russell Simmons

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 in a joint venture

Joint venture

A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...

 with Universal Music's Island Def Jam Music Group. Its president is Tony Austin.

Simmons is reported to be unhappy with the label – it has had only two releases, the "Mind on the Road" 12-inch

12-inch single

The 12-inch single is a type of gramophone record that has wider groove spacing compared to other types of records. This allows for louder levels to be cut on the disc by the cutting engineer, which in turn gives a wider dynamic range, and thus better sound quality...

 and album Distortion

Distortion (Rev Run album)

Distortion is the first solo album from Rev. Run formerly of Run–D.M.C. The album debuted at 78 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart. The lead single, "Mind on the Road" peaked at 98 on the Pop 100.-Track listing:# "I Used to Think I Was Run" – 3:00...

by Simmons's brother Rev Run—and is looking to sell it to Island Def Jam or sign a deal with Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 or Universal Motown Records Group

Universal Motown Records Group

Universal Motown Republic Group, also abbreviated as UMRG, was an umbrella label founded in 1999 by Universal Music Group to oversee the labels assigned to it's unit...

.

Currently, logging on the RS Music Group Web site is transferred to Def Jam Recordings, confirming the rumors that the label has been sold.

Roster

• Rev Run
• Black Buddafly
  Black Buddafly
  Black Buddafly is an African German American R&B duo composed of the twin sisters Amina and Jazz . They were born in 1983 to a German mother and a Senegalese father; their family also included an older sibling, Sophie, who was a member of the group until 2006, and a younger sister and brother...
  
  
• DJ Green Lantern
  DJ Green Lantern
  James D'Agostino , better known by his stage name DJ Green Lantern, is an American-Italian-Puerto Rican DJ and hip hop music producer from Rochester, New York. In 2002, D'Agostino was signed by Eminem to become the official DJ for Shady Records after DJ Head stepped down for undisclosed reasons...
  
  
• Lee Carr since 2005
• Short Dawg (joint venture with So So Def Records)
• Dro
• Daily Newz
• Young S. Dub
• Slim Dollars (HNV)