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Rick Rubin
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…
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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 produced hit records for acts from a variety of other genres, predominantly heavy metal (Danzig, Metallica, and Slayer), alternative rock (the Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Strokes and Weezer), hard rock (Audioslave and Aerosmith), nu-metal (Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, System of a Down), and country (Johnny Cash and the Chicks). In 2007, Rubin was called "the most important producer of the last 20 years" by MTV and was named on Time's list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World". His first book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, was published in January 2023.
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2026
Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry
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2026
JAŸ-Z in 8
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2026
The Strokes: In Transit: Part II
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2025
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
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2025
Thank You Very Much
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2024
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
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2023
Circus Maximus
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2023
whyrush?
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2023
Chris Rock: Road To Live Special
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2022
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
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- 2021
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2021
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
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2021
McCartney 3, 2, 1
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2021
This Is Pop
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2020
The Nine Lives of Ozzy Osbourne
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2020
Beastie Boys Story
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2020
Truth to Power
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2020
500 Days in UCLA (Cut Footage Documentary)
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2019
Shangri-La
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2018
The Shop
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2017
May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
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2016
Soundbreaking
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2015
Johnny Cash: American Rebel
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2015
808
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2015
I Am Johnny Cash
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2013
Black Sabbath: 13
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2013
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das
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2013
Sound City
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2010
Linkin Park: Meeting of A Thousand Suns
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2009
Jim Jones - This Is Jim Jones
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2008
A Little Inappropriate
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2007
The Making of Minutes to Midnight
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2006
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
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2004
JAY-Z: Fade to Black
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2004
Johnny Cash: The Last Great American
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2004
Run DMC: Forever Kings
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2003
Rage Against the Machine: Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium
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2003
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
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