Rick Rubin Returns to His NYU Dorm Room in Rolling Stone's 'Rick Was Here'

Funny how history repeats itself. Countless independent labels rising in this new, very digital age trace their roots back to a college dorm room. In a twist of irony, the same can be said for hip-hop’s eldest and greatest label – Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons’ Def Jam. Rolling Stone chronicled the growth of the label in its latest mini-documentary: “Rick Was Here.” The video is centered around Rubin’s enterprise, which was run out of NYU’s Weinstein Hall on University Place. That same room-turned-studio was the first space to hear samples of LL Cool J, T La Rock and Jazzy Jay, and countless other seminal artists. Enjoy this important piece of music history above, then head over to Rolling Stone for the full testimony.