Artist

Rick Rubin

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Nominations

Biography

"I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do with no limitation."

Born Frederick Jay Rubin on March 10, 1963, in Long Beach, New York
In 1986 Rick Rubin teamed rap group Run DMC with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith for a cover of the latter's "Walk This Way." The resulting single was the first ever rap tune to chart in the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and effectively introduced a mainstream audience to rap music. Rubin produced a similar crossover success that year with the Beastie Boys' album Licensed To Ill, which featured the smash hit "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)."
Rubin won his first career GRAMMY as a producer for 1997 for Best Country Album for Johnny Cash's Unchained.
In 2006 Rubin was a producer for three of the nominees for Album Of The Year: the Dixie Chicks' Taking The Long Way, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium, and Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSounds, with the Dixie Chicks' Taking The Long Way ultimately winning.
In 1984 Rubin founded Def Jam records, which he operated out of a dorm room at New York University, where he was a student at the time.
In 2016 Rubin was honored with The Recording Academy's President's Merit Award during the Producers & Engineers Wing's annual GRAMMY Week event in recognition of his creative and sonic excellence and ongoing support for the art and craft of recorded music.

2024 • 66th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording

The Creative Act: A Way Of Being. Rick Rubin

2021 • 63rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

2015 • 57th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

2012 • 54th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

2011 • 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Best Music Video

Ain't No Grave / The Johnny Cash Project. Chris Milk, Jennifer Heath, Aaron Koblin, Rick Rubin

2009 • 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards

2007 • 49th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

2005 • 47th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

2003 • 45th Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical. Rick Rubin

2000 • 42nd Annual GRAMMY® Awards

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical. Rick Rubin
Best Rock Album

Californication (Album). Red Hot Chili Peppers
Best Rock Album

Echo (Album). Tom Petty