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Beastie Boys: Adam Yauch dies of cancer, aged 47

submitted by Nick May 11th 2012 07:00 am (news.yahoo.com)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Adam Yauch, a founding member of pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys who captivated fans with their brash style in early hits like "Fight for Your Right (To Party)," died on Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 47. Yauch, Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz formed the band that gained fame in the 1980s and stood out not just for their music, but for their ethnicity. In a genre dominated by African-Americans, they were three white Jewish kids from Brooklyn, New York. The Beastie Boys sold some 40 million records worldwide over more than 20 years. ...

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Beastie Boys: Universal Music sues Monster over Beastie Boys music

submitted by Nick Sep 24th 2014 07:00 pm (news.yahoo.com)

By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two Universal Music Group units sued Monster Beverage Corp on Wednesday for using music co-owned by the Beastie Boys in a promotional video, accusing the energy drink maker of copyright infringement. The lawsuit, filed in New York federal court, comes three months after the Beastie Boys obtained a $1.7 millio...

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Beyoncé: To Receive MTV VMA’s Video Vanguard Award

submitted by Nick Aug 7th 2014 03:00 pm (stereogum.com)

MTV has announced that that Beyoncé will perform at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards and will be awarded with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, which has been given to artists like Madonna, the Beastie Boys, U2, George Michael, and Janet Jackson in the past. Last year, Justin Timberlake won the award and performed [...]

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Beastie Boys: Ad-Rock remixes Ratking - listen

submitted by Nick Aug 2nd 2014 12:00 pm (www.nme.com)

Remix for New York rap trio follows recent Tune-Yards work

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HIM: Beastie Boys’ Mike D Remembers The ’90s: Watch Him Talk Tupac, Grunge Fashion, “Sabotage” Video

submitted by Nick Jul 31st 2014 07:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Beastie Boy Mike D recently sat for a series of short but packed-full-of-stuff video interviews with Vanity Fair, all of them about the pop culture of the ’90s, a time when Mike and his group were absolute kings. He doesn’t exactly say anything new in these videos, but the way he leaves all this stuff [...]

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Beastie Boys: Mike D: 'Grunge was a death sentence to the rock that preceded it'

submitted by Nick Jul 31st 2014 09:00 am (www.nme.com)

The hip hop stalwart reflects on the demise of 80s hair metal

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