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Simmons' hip hop money summit hits NYC
BY PHYLLIS FURMAN
DAILY NEWS BUSINESS WRITER
The headliners include Alicia Keys, T.I., Nas, LL Cool J and Fabolous. But money - not music - will take center stage today as rap mogul Russell Simmons brings his Hip Hop Summit on Financial Empowerment to New York for the first time.
Some 2,200 people are expected to fill the Hammerstein Ballroom on West 34th Street starting at 1:30 p.m. to learn about saving, budgeting, credit cards, FICO scores and home and car ownership.
It's all part of Simmons' nationwide drive to harness the power of hip hop culture to teach money to young people.
While financial experts will be on hand to dole out hard-nosed information, Simmons is looking to his star presenters to rouse the crowd with their own rags to riches stories."