{"id":5426,"date":"2014-07-16T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-16T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohsodj.com\/?p=5426"},"modified":"2014-07-16T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T19:35:00","slug":"russell-simmons-l-a-reid-to-attend-diddys-revolt-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/?p=5426","title":{"rendered":"Russell Simmons &#038; L.A. Reid to Attend Diddy&#8217;s Revolt Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><del datetime=\"2014-07-16T05:35:06+00:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/didrevolt.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-415\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/didrevolt.jpg?resize=250%2C250\" alt=\"didrevolt\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/didrevolt.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/didrevolt.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Diddy<\/del> Puff Daddy&#8217;s upcoming Revolt Music Conference just got some added star power, with the addition of industry veterans L.A. Reid and Russell Simmons among the event&#8217;s featured speakers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The inaugural event, set for two and a half days in Miami this October, aims to &#8220;bring together power players to shape the industry into one that makes music a cultural bridge and plans for disruption,&#8221; Diddy said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Additional panelists announced so far include Atlantic Records COO Julie Greenwald, songwriter-producer Dallas Austin and The Fader co-founder Rob Stone, with more speakers to be revealed later.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will also feature a gala marking the 30th anniversary of Def Jam Recordings, which of course was co-founded (with Rick Rubin) by Simmons and led for several years (2004-11) by Reid.<\/p>\n<p>Around 500 industry executives and students are expected at the conference, which will also boast a remote audience through Revolt&#8217;s new app for iOS. The dates and exact location in Miami for the conference have not been announced.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Diddy Puff Daddy&#8217;s upcoming Revolt Music Conference just got some added star power, with the addition of industry veterans L.A. Reid and Russell Simmons among the event&#8217;s featured speakers.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[336,807],"class_list":["post-5426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-diddy","tag-matrix"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7qLKy-1pw","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/didrevolt.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}