"A long story short, we'd heard of Rick Rubin. We'd heard from a friend in Canada. He'd done the Beastie Boys' Cooky Puss, which is basically Back In Black riff with a beat." "And we met Rick in New ...

Nine-time Grammy award-winning music producer Rick Rubin took the Qualtrics X4 stage Thursday, and while a tech conference ...

LL Cool J says Beastie Boys helped launch his career on 'Tonight ... Def Jam Records co-founder and Grammy-winning producer Rick Rubin has left Warner Bros. to run Columbia Records in New York.

Music producer Rick Rubin has been shaping the sound of popular ... He helped catapult the music into the mainstream, signing Public Enemy and Beastie Boys, and enjoying international success ...

Few names hold as much weight when discussing the pioneers who shaped Hip-Hop as Rick Rubin. Born on March ... Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, and the Beastie Boys—artists who defined the early era ...

And the Beastie Boys certainly proved they deserve it ... with rap legend Slick Rick calling it "the pulpit of the people." "Personally for me, career milestones are never one set moment ...