''Run's House'' is an American

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series that debuted on October 13, 2005. The series chronicles the family life of former

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and

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pioneer

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, also known as Rev. Run.

Background

The series is about the family life of former

and

pioneer

, also known as Rev. Run. Its theme song and show name are from the Run-DMC album '' Tougher Than Leather''. It was filmed in the Simmons family home in Saddle River, New Jersey; the Simmons offices in

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; and the apartment shared by Joseph's daughters, Vanessa and Angela, in

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Cast

– Simmons, best known as DJ Run, was a founding member of hip-hop group

. He later became a reverend at Zoe Ministries, a controversial church that solicits monetary pledges for spiritual enlightenment, and changed his name to Rev Run. *Justine Simmons – Justine is married to Joseph Simmons and mother of their four children, as well as stepmother to Simmons's three children from previous marriage to Vaughn. She sells a jewelry line called "Brown Sugar" and appeared in the show All About the Washingtons. * Vanessa Simmons – Vanessa is an aspiring actress. She and her sister Angela design for the shoe brand ''Pastry''.About
Pastry Shoes In 2008, she secretly entered the Miss California USA pageant. *Angela Simmons – Angela is the editor for ''Angela's Rundown'', a monthly mini magazine for teens distributed within '' Word Up! (magazine)''. In October 2006 Angela is featured in Rapper Bow Wow

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for his single, '' Shortie Like Mine''. In 2007 she and Vanessa launch ''Pastry Footwear'' under their family's line of footwear, Run Athletics. *JoJo Simmons – JoJo is the third oldest of the six children. *

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– Diggy is an aspiring rapper and is working on a fashion line with his mentor,

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. Diggy released his first, mixtape ''The First Flight'' at midnight on December 2, 2009. *Russy" Simmons – Russell Simmons II is the youngest son. Russy stars with his parents and younger sister, Miley on the shows ''Rev Runs Around the World'', which airs on the

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, and ''Rev Run's Sunday Suppers'' on the

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. *Victoria Anne Simmons – Victoria died the day she was born, on September 26, 2006, reportedly due to

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, a birth defect that caused her organs to grow outside her body. The Simmons family decided to allow camera crews to be in the hospital room as they broke the news to their children. They wanted to show viewers how, as a family, they dealt with the tragedy. *Miley Justine Simmons – Shortly after the death of Victoria Anne Simmons, the family started adoption proceedings which were completed in September 2007. A month later, they were introduced to Miley.

Syndication

Run's House aired on the

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block from October 2014 to September 27, 2015, and aired on

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from August 1 to December 30, 2016, And aired on

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(Formerly Centric) for a time.

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