Stereogum — One of the redeeming qualities of community-annotated lyric site Genius is that they sometimes recruit cool artists and behind-the-scenes players to talk about songs that they worked on or that they really love. Case in point: Super producer Rick Rub... more info

TMZ — The Beastie Boys say they can't find work because of MCA's death ... and they're so strapped for cash they can't even fight in court without someone covering the bill. Here's the dilemma ... The Boys have beef with Monster Energy, which… more info

Stereogum — Back in June, the Beastie Boys won a copyright lawsuit against Monster Energy Drink after the company used the band’s music and likeness in promos for a sponsored snowboard competition without their permission. The surviving Beastie Boys were award... more info

Mercury News, California — Attorneys for the Beastie Boys are asking a New York court to order the maker of Monster Energy drink to pay nearly $2.4 million in legal fees to cover their costs in a copyright violation case. more info

TMZ — Rick Rubin's hip-hop resumé is unparalleled -- he's worked with the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Run–D.M.C., Kanye West, Eminem, and now ... Justin Bieber?   Yes ... the iconic producer is working with the Biebs on his… more info

Nialler9 — ‘Too Many Rappers’ is a Beastie Boys song that appeared on Hot Sauce Committee Part 2, the band’s final album before MCA passed away. A different version of the song was released as a single in 2009 and Roman Coppolla directed a video in 2010 ... more info

Time — The Nas collaboration is off the group's 2011 album 'Hot Sauce Committee Part Two' more info

Stereogum — One of the highlights of the Beastie Boys’ final album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two was “Too Many Rappers,” a collaboration with Nas. Roman Coppola shot a video for the song featuring all four rappers in a grocery store and other commercial env... more info

Stereogum — The toy company GoldieBlox has had a rough year in advertising after being accused of copyright infringement by the Beastie Boys for re-working the band’s 1986 classic “Girls” to convey a more “feminist” message. The company settled the law... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday refused to throw out Beastie Boys' $1.7 million jury verdict against Monster Beverage Corp over the energy drink company's use of the hip-hop group's music in a promotional video without permission. ... more info