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Rick Rubin
Rubin, September 14, 2006, Abbey Road Studios, London, working with U2
Background information
Birth name	Frederick Jay Rubin
Also known as	DJ Double R
Born	(1963-03-10) March 10, 1963 (age 54) Long Beach, New York, U.S.
Origin	Lido Beach, New York, U.S.
Genres	Rock hip hop heavy metal country
Occupation(s)	Record producer
Instruments	Guitar piano sampler
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Def Jam American Columbia Warner Bros. Epic Blackened
Associated acts	Shakira Coheed And Cambria AFI The Avett Brothers Red Hot Chili Peppers Johnny Cash Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers The Black Crowes Jazzy Jay Dixie Chicks Slayer Beastie Boys Weezer Jay Z Adele Kanye West Metallica AC/DC Joe Strummer Aerosmith Linkin Park Nine Inch Nails Lana Del Rey Lady Gaga Justin Timberlake Josh Groban Danzig The Cult Slipknot System of a Down Black Sabbath Jakob Dylan ZZ Top Eminem Kid Rock Run-D.M.C. Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Wesley Willis James Blake Type O Negative DRAM (rapper) Jovanotti

Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin is the co-founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings. With the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, and Run–D.M.C., Rubin helped popularize hip hop music.

Rubin has also worked with artists such as AC/DC, Adele, Aerosmith, At The Drive-In, Audioslave, Black Sabbath, Coheed And Cambria, Damien Rice, Danzig, Dixie Chicks, Ed Sheeran, Eminem, Frank Ocean, Gogol Bordello, Jakob Dylan, Jay Z, Jake Bugg, James Blake, Joe Strummer, Jovanotti, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, Linkin Park, Melanie C, Metallica, Mick Jagger, Neil Diamond, Rage Against the Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shakira, Sheryl Crow, Slayer, Slipknot, System of a Down, The Avett Brothers, The Black Crowes, The Cult, The Four Horsemen, The Mars Volta, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Type O Negative, Weezer, and ZZ Top. In 2007, MTV called him "the most important producer of the last 20 years", and the same year Rubin appeared on Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World. He financially supported Jim Cornette's Smoky Mountain Wrestling from 1991 to 1995.