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

Reuters — 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. more info

Nialler9 — Kendrick Lamar is back with a new single ‘i’ with production from Rahki. The song is built on a sample of the Isley Brothers’ ‘Who’s That Lady’, which is familiar to me and thousands of others as a sample in Beastie Boys’ ‘B-Boy Boui... more info

Stereogum — 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... more info

NME — Remix for New York rap trio follows recent Tune-Yards work more info

Stereogum — 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 n... more info