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Hear Emily Haines’ New GoldieBlox Song “Lightning Strikes” & Watch Her Sing With Cyndi Lauper In NYC

3865 days ago

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

Judge won't void Beastie Boys verdict over Monster Energy video

3876 days ago

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

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Universal Music sues Monster over Beastie Boys music

3947 days ago

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

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Kendrick Lamar drops new Isley Brothers-sampling single ‘i’

3948 days ago

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

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Beyoncé To Receive MTV VMA’s Video Vanguard Award

3995 days ago

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

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Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock remixes Ratking - listen

4000 days ago

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

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

4002 days ago

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

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

4003 days ago

NME — The hip hop stalwart reflects on the demise of 80s hair metal more info

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Beastie Boys mural at Paul's Boutique corner is done (pics)

4005 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — We mentioned on Friday (7/25) that a Beastie Boys mural was being painted over the weekend at the LES corner of Ludrow and Rivington where the Paul's Boutique cover art was shot, in honor of that album's 25th anniversary.... more info

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