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<p>A spoof about a real-life American superhero voluntarily reducing herself to the antics of every other reality-show airhead?And someone thought this was "hilarious"?</p> <p>That someone happened to be hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, whose newly launched YouTube channel, All Def Digital, released the three-minute spoof entitled "Harriet Tubman Sex Tape" on Wednesday. After a tidal wave of Twitter backlash, including a change.org petition, ADD removed the sketch and Simmons issued a hasty apology on his other digital property, Global Grind.</p>

(AllHipHop News) Def Jam co-founder/Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons has thrown in his support for a controversial mosque being built near the site of the 9/11 terror attack in Manhattan in 2001. Simmons has placed a series of religious symbols on the panes of his Liberty St. penthouse, which spells out the word "Co-Exist." Other messages in the windows of Simmons' home include "It's the Law" and "USA is Free." The $100 million mosque, which is just two blocks away from ground zero, has been a lighting rod for controversy. "This is compelling for Russell because he lives here and he's...