One section of last year's essay has been acted out, to the letter, by a major rap impresario of the nineties.

The videotaped invitation to the 29th birthday party for Sean (Puffy) Combs, the rap impresario, is one of the most unconventional of the season.

Russell Simmons, the rap impresario and hip-hop businessman, announced another foray into the clothing business.

"Ungaro sent me a lot of dresses," she said nonchalantly as her husband, the rap impresario Russell Simmons, described what Broadway meant to him.

Mr. Simmons, the rap impresario, remembers that apartment complex.

Russell Simmons, the rap impresario and guru of hip-hop style, says there is a simple reason why people do not want to look back to their ethnic roots.

"We've got to get Puffy to promote for us," he said in a joking reference to Sean (Puffy) Combs, the rap impresario.

He also said he never sought to learn the identity of the promoters, who turned out to be rap impresarios.

The rap impresario Dr. Dre is the celebrity behind Beats, a successful line of expensive headphones that have become a fashion accessory.

At night, Mr. John and his partners make the scene with style players like Sean (Puffy) Combs, the rap impresario.