--- ---  # Russell Simmons to Justin Bieber: Please Meditate  by [Belinda Luscombe](https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/)  ## Belinda Luscombe Editor at Large Mar 14, 2014 8:22 PM UTC  Russell Simmons talks about his new book, "Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple" at Barnes & Noble Tribeca on March 5, 2014 in New York City. Russell Simmons talks about his new book, "Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple" at Barnes & Noble Tribeca on March 5, 2014 in New York City.Rob Kim—Getty Images  by [Belinda Luscombe](https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/)  ## Belinda Luscombe Editor at Large Mar 14, 2014 8:22 PM UTC Russell Simmons is already a guru in the worlds of hip-hop, poetry, comedy and fashion. But he went even further in a guru-like direction with the publication of his most recent book _Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple_. The way Simmons sees it, he wouldn’t be the mogul he is today if he hadn’t learned to meditate. (His producer buddy Rick Rubin introduced him to it, apparently.) In the interview Simmons talked about why he’d love Bieber and Kim Kardashian to meditate (it’s a power thing); he also considered whether meditating had made him too soft to be a hip hop entrepreneur and his favorite yoga pose. In the fuller version of the interview, [available to subscribers here](http://time.com/22995/10-questions-with-russell-simmons/), Simmons gives some interesting advice to Hollywood, suggests a way of reducing the number of black men in prison and explains why he’s not one of the 1%. Russell Simmons on Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian and Meditation ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/24244/russell-simmons-interview-justin-bieber-meditation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/24244/russell-simmons-interview-justin-bieber-meditation/"},"headline":"Russell Simmons to Justin Bieber: Please Meditate","datePublished":"2014-03-14T20:22:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:45:59.336Z","description":"The mogul explains why meditation matters — and why some troubled celebs could benefit from the practice","url":"https://time.com/24244/russell-simmons-interview-justin-bieber-meditation/","keywords":["celebrities","Justin Bieber","video","Kim Kardashian"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfab1fdf83f7e63f2/6986858dadae444400541f7c/russell-simmons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Belinda Luscombe","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/belinda-luscombe/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfab1fdf83f7e63f2/6986858dadae444400541f7c/russell-simmons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Russell Simmons \"Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple\"","caption":"Russell Simmons \"Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple\"","creditText":"Rob Kim—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/24244/russell-simmons-interview-justin-bieber-meditation/","name":"Russell Simmons to Justin Bieber: Please Meditate"}}]}] ```