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Rick Rubin
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American music producer (born 1963)
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Lido Beach, New York, USA
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record executive and record producer. He is a co-founder (alongside Russell Simmons) of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. Rubin helped popularize hip-hop by producing records for acts such as the Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J. He has also…
Known for
- The Strokes: In Transit: Part II — Self2026
- Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry — Self2026
- JAŸ-Z in 8 — Self2026
- WrestleMania 41: Saturday — Himself2025
- Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird — Self2024
- Chris Rock: Road To Live Special — Self2023
- Circus Maximus — Self2023
- whyrush? — Narrator2023
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse: World Record: The Making Of - A Chronicle of the Music — Himself2022
- jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy — Self (voice) (archive footage)2022
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Key facts
- Also known as
- DJ Double R The Loudness King
- Born
- Frederick Jay Rubin , ( 1963-03-10 ) March 10, 1963 (age 63) , Long Beach, New York , U.S.
- Origin
- Hempstead, New York , U.S.
- Education
- New York University
- Genres
- Hip-hop rock heavy metal country pop
- Occupations
- Record producer record executive
- Instruments
- Guitar drum machine turntables
- Works
- Production discography
- Years active
- 1981–present
- Labels
- Def Jam American Columbia Warner Bros.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rick
- Family name
- Rubin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lido Beach
- Occupation
- music executive
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Genre
- country music
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Image
- RickRubinSept09.jpg
- Residence
- Long Beach
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- name in native language
- Rick Rubin
- influenced by
- Flipper
- date of birth
- 1963-03-10
- Commons category
- Rick Rubin
- net worth
- 250000000
- topic's main category
- Category:Rick Rubin
- birth name
- Frederick Jay Rubin
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- owner of
- The Mansion
- social media followers
- 188982
- different from
- Rubin
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Encyclopedic overview
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (/ˈruːbɪn/, ROO-bin; born March 10, 1963) is an American record producer. He is a co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records.
Rubin helped popularize hip hop by producing records for pioneering acts such as LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy and Geto Boys. He has also produced hit records for acts from a variety of other genres, such as pop (Kesha, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga), heavy metal (Danzig, Metallica, Slayer), alternative rock (The Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, the Strokes, Weezer), hard rock (Audioslave, AC/DC, Aerosmith), nu metal (Linkin Park, System of a Down, Slipknot), and country (Johnny Cash, The Avett Brothers, the Chicks, Tyler Childers, Kid Rock).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rick Rubin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.