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.
(Photos + Video) Park Dedicated To MCA Defaced With Swastikas, So Ad-Rock Leads Anti-Hate Rally
Over the weekend, the Brooklyn park that is dedicated to the late Adam Yauch was defaced with [incorrectly drawn] swastikas and “Go Trump!” This immediately prompted a response from the Beastie Boys, and Ad-Rock put together an anti-hate rally on location at Adam Yauch Memorial Park that attracted hundreds of supporters. “You can’t and you won’t and you don’t stop!” Ad-Rock chanted.
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.
(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.
