By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Trayvon Martin's parents Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton have found a friend in hip hop mogul Russell Simmons.

The grieving parents and the music powerbroker crossed paths last week, Simmons told the New York Post during a recent Broadway showing of Leap of Faith.

“As they came by my office during their short time in New York, I was able to see firsthand the strength of these two beautiful people,” the New York-based Simmons blogged on his site Global Grind about the meeting.

"As a father, I could never understand the pain they have been feeling since Feb