Rick Rubin
Frederick Jay Rubin
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Emerging from a Long Island upbringing, Rubin first learned guitar and songwriting through a high-school audiovisual teacher, later forming a punk band that gained notoriety after a chaotic CBGB performance. While studying film at NYU, he founded Def Jam Recordings, releasing the label’s inaugural single with his own group Hose and quickly shifting focus to hip-hop after collaborating with DJ Jazz…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources