Russell Simmons Offers to Pay For Protest Cleanup, Says He's Prepared For Jail 17.60K Seth Abramovitch 10/13/11 11:54PM Filed to: Occupy Wall Street Occupy Wall Street Russell Simmons Tweetg Tweetd Fb Rap mogul Russell Simmons offered via Twitter to pay for the cleanup activities mandated by Mayor Bloomberg down at Occupy Wall Street HQ in Zuccotti Park. He received no response. Simmons then repeatedly pledged he'd join protesters in jail.