Take Back Your Family
How to Raise Respectful and Loving Kids in a Dysfunctional World
Stars of MTV's Run's House--dubbed "the new Cosby family"--celebrate family values in this inspiring guide to modern parenting
Despite being a hip-hop icon, an ordained minister, and a reality TV star, Rev Run's greatest accomplishment has been raising his six children--Angela, Vanessa, JoJo, Diggy, Russy and Miley--with his wife Justine. Their journey has been captured on Run's House, a show that celebrates--finally--a reality TV family that is functional instead of dysfunctional. In an age marked by shallow materialism and fragmented families, Rev Run and Justine have inspired millions of viewers by teaching old-fashioned family values applied with a hip-hop twist. In Take Back Your Family, Rev Run and Justine celebrate the role of parents and share their secrets…
Chris Morrow is the author of Stir It Up: Reggae Album Cover Art and has written about hip-hop and politics for numerous publications, including The Source and the New York Daily News. A resident of Brooklyn, New York, he has been working as a speechwriter for Russell Simmons since 2003.
Take Back Your Family
Rev. RunRev Run, aka Joseph Simmons, is one of the founding members of the major pioneering hip-hop group, Run-D.M.C. The group had an enormous impact on the development of hip-hop through the 1980s, and is credited with breaking hip-hop into mainstream music. Born in Queens, NY, he is the younger brother of Def Jam Records founder, Russell Simmons.
Take Back Your Family
Rev. RunJustine Simmons is a designer, philanthropist, and author. Wife of Rev Run, part of the pioneering hip-hop group Run-DMC, she is the designer of the jewelry line Brown Sugar and author of two books, God Can You Hear Me and Take Back Your Family. She lives in New Jersey.