Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock To Release Sneakers That Will Benefit Planned Parenthood

After leading an anti-hate rally in Brooklyn at the then-defaced Adam Yauch Park, Beastie Boys member Adam Horovitz (aka Ad-Rock) is making another positive move. Along with vegan shoe company Keep, Horovitz is releasing the Keep x Ad-Rock midtop sneaker, with ALL profits from its sales going to Planned Parenthood.


Beastie Boys Founding Member John Berry Dies At 52

Wow….how many music legends are we going to lose this year? The Beastie Boys founding member, John Berry, has passed away at the young age of 52. Rest in peace.


(Photo) Wow!..Beastie Boys Sign A Deal With NYU Allowing Students To Use Their Studio!

Beastie Boys open up an amazing opportunity to the students of NYU. They are now allowing students to have access to their recording studio. Thats pretty cool!


Uh Oh! Guess How The Beastie Boys Plan On Making A Quick $2.4 Million?!

Legendary rap group The Beastie Boys know how to make a quick come-up from lawsuits. Last July, they got Monster Energy for $1.7 million dollars after wrongfully using one of their songs in a video that was floating around the World Wide Web for over five weeks. The two remaining members of the group are now suing the energy drink company for another $2.4 million to cover legal fees. You would think that using their song in a video would be somewhat of “free promotion” BUT due to the fact that late member of the group Adam ‘MC’ Yauch said in his will that he never wants any of their songs to make a profit off commercial gains, the group is being extra strict on his wishes. MC passed away back in 2012c due to cancer. “Monster’s tactics significantly increased the costs for Beastie Boys to vindicate their intellectual property rights, such that, absent an award of attorney’s fees and costs, plaintiff’s success at trial would become a Pyrrhic victory,” they wrote in a filing over the weekend. Monster did admit that they wrongfully used The Beastie Boys’ song without permission, but they expressed in court that they should not have to pay any more than $125,000. What do you think about this messy lawsuit? Sound off and drop your comments below.


(Video) Beastie Boys and Nas “Too Many Rappers” Video Surfaces

Beastie Boys and Nas “Too Many Rappers” Video Surfaces after being buried for four years for Beastie’s final album “Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.”


(Video) Mike D Of The Beastie Boys Talk 90s Tupac & Biggie Beef

During their In Conversation With segment, Vanity Fair sits down Beastie Boys founder, Mike D and talk about what’s probably known as the most famous hip-hop beef, which happened between Tupac and Biggie Smalls. “…it escalated so fast,”Mike D says. “You had Biggie who was a seminal rapper. He was so talented.” Then there was Tupac. “Yeah, he was ‘Thug Life’ and everything, but he was more of an artistic kid,” he adds. “He [Tupac] was so determined to be authentic that it ultimately killed him.” Truth. Hit the jump for this and more from Mike D – Beastie Boy.


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