I thought this interview was really interesting and worth sharing with people who might not have otherwise caught it on FOX on their own. Russell Simmons accepted Bill O’Reilly’s challenge to appear on the network, but I guess Bill’O chickened out, so the interview was conducted by former Arkansas governor, and conservative Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee.

Some right leaning pundits have complained that the interview was ‘a softball’ promotional piece, but I thought it was simply interesting and even a little informative. Simmons shared his views on the influence of the hip-hip culture and the positive outcomes achieved by it’s powerful artistic community, in part relating to his newish GlobalGrind.com social networking site.

I found it refreshing to see a conservative actually engage with insightful and potentially tough questions without resorting to the more predictable tantrum like attack mode we’ve all gotten so used to hearing lately.