Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons found Def Jam Recordings
1984 · Event
Started in Rubin's NYU dorm; home to LL Cool J, Beastie Boys and Public Enemy.
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Around 1984
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Night Fever (Bee Gees) (1978)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)