How Aerosmith Saved Their Career in 1986 — The Collaboration Nobody Wanted

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Aerosmith was finished. By 1986, the bad boys from Boston were broke, addicted, and fading into irrelevance. Meanwhile, Run-D.M.C. were the kings of the rising hip-hop scene, but they were blocked from mainstream rock radio and MTV. Then, a 22-year-old producer named Rick Rubin had a vision for a co