In connection to the forthcoming book, “Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label”, Def Jam is releasing a series of interviews documenting the formation of the record label. In this clip, Russell Simmons talks about meeting Rick Rubin for the first time while Rubin was going under the name DJ Double R and DJing for the Beastie Boys. Watch it below. The book drops in September.