Steven Blush discusses "When Rock Met Hip-Hop" | Midday Break Room w/ Tiffany Bacon - 2.10.26

Steven Blush is the author of the book, “When Rock Met Hip Hop”. This is a book chronicling the late 1980s and early 1990s fusion of rock and hip-hop. It focuses on key collaborations like Run-DMC/Aerosmith and Public Enemy/Anthrax, and exploring how these genre collisions broke down cultural barriers, influenced modern music, and created a new cultural blueprint through artists like the Beastie Boys, Rick Rubin, and Russell Simmons. This book was released on Feb. 5th, 2026. Steven joins the show to further talk about the context behind “When Rock Met Hip-Hop”.