Rick Rubin And A Punk Band Called Hose: How A 12" EP Helped Build An Empire

Rick Rubin And A Punk Band Called Hose: How A 12" EP Helped Build An Empire

Rick Rubin is best known as a producer-extraordinaire who has crafted hits for hip-hop luminaries, including Jay-Z, Kanye West, and LL Cool J. But 30 years ago, he was an impressionable white kid from Long Island who changed the face of modern Black American music. It’s an ironic thought – but it happened. “Before Def Jam, hip-hop records were typically really long, and they rarely had a hook,” Rick Rubin told The New York Times in 2007. “By mak…