Universal is considering another high-profile hip-hop biopic. This time on Def Jam Recordings and its co-founder Russell Simmons.

In a newly published interview with USA Today, Justin Bieber revealed that he’s working with Kanye West and Rick Rubin on his upcoming album. At…

When you have a well know name like Rick Rubin and you are well respected in the music industry  the last thing you would want to do is change your name.Rick Rubin’s name is synonymous with Hip-Hop culture as he and Russell Simmons co-founded Def Jam Records together in the early 80s, but “Rick” is not his […]

Black Music Month

Rick Rubin has solidified himself as one of the best producers from the last 30 years. Being co-founder of the Def Jam, of course, he…

Once upon a time doing an entire song about butts was a novelty. Before we were inundated with odes to shaking backsides, the music industry…

Black Music Month

There is a controversy brewing that has people talking…a lot..and according to Spin Magazine it all centers around a new toy company called the Goldie Blox toy…

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Kanye West‘s “Yeezus” producer says the second half of his most recent album might be on store shelves sooner than later. What started as a 16-song album was reduced to ten after Rick Rubin intervened, Perez Hilton reports. “…that first day, before he even asked me to work on it, I said, ‘Maybe you should make it more […]

  There are two schools of thought on album releases. One is to announce it way in advance and build up anticipation before it comes…

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Rick Rubin’s dorm room11 University Place, New York University When: 1984 What: The future mogul and aspiring record producer agree to join forces, signing their first act, a sixteen-year-old from Queens named LL Cool J. «  PREVIOUS NEXT  » In celebration of Black Music Month, TheUrbanDaily’s “It’s All Black […]