1. In 2004, Danny Simmons published Three Days As the Crow Flies, a fictional account of the 1980s New York art scene.
10 Facts About Danny Simmons
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In 2015 Danny Simmons moved to Philadelphia and opened Rush Arts Philadelphia gallery to further the Rush Arts mission and to begin to create a national presence for the service organization.
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Danny Simmons earned a degree in social work from New York University and a master's in public finance from Long Island University Brooklyn.
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Danny Simmons began painting after he realized how much he hated his job with the Bureau of Child Support.
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Danny Simmons holds a Bachelor's degree in social work from New York University, a Masters in public finance from Long Island University, and in 2012 was a recipient of an honorary PhD in fine arts from Long Island University.
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Danny Simmons is an avid collector of African art and comic books.
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Danny Simmons played an instrumental role in the conceiving of and co-producing the hit HBO show Def Poetry Jam, and won a Tony Award for the Broadway version of the show.
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Danny Simmons is the co-executive producer of Russell Danny Simmons' Def Poetry.
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Danny Simmons came up with the idea for the series when a group of Danny Simmons's friends would gather and perform open mic nights at art galleries in the early 1990s.
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Danny Simmons then asked his younger brother Russell about extending the "Def Jam" name in a new direction.