In a recent interview with Fuse, Kerry King and Tom Araya revealed that the band is no longer signed to Rick Rubin’s American Recordings (formerly Def Jam), and Araya went so far as to make it sound ...

Def Jam Recordings, which he co-founded with Rick Rubin in 1984, became one of the most influential labels in hip-hop history. The label’s success, fueled by signing game-changing artists ...

Music producer Rick Rubin has been shaping the sound of ... Rick fell in love with the emerging rap scene and co-founded the label Def Jam Recordings. He helped catapult the music into the ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of the music industry, few labels carry the weight and legacy of Def Jam Recordings. Founded in 1984 by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin, Def Jam has been home to ...

Def Jam Records co-founder and Grammy-winning producer Rick Rubin has left Warner Bros. to run Columbia Records in New York. Rubin, 44, will bring his American Recordings to Columbia, which ...

The two would join forces and turn Def Jam into a hit factory. As a producer, Rick Rubin would go ... out new artists to sign) at Rubin’s American Recordings label in the early 1990s.