Rick Rubin

According to guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr.'s father, the band is "so happy" to be working with Rubin.

Grammy Award-winning producer and Beastie Boys mentor Rick Rubin has turned to the dark side – or the light, depending on how you feel about EDM and/or capitalism.

"Until Johnny sang it, I never thought about what it meant. All of a sudden the words took on a whole new seriousness when he sang them," Rick Rubin once said.

Rick Rubin has taken the ice bucket challenge to a new, chilling level.