beastie boys

Honored in the streets.

Adam Horovitz, aka Ad-Rock of the seminal hip-hop trio Beastie Boys, says the group is officially no more.

Toy company GoldieBlox sells toys for girls that aren't dolls.

This weeks Throwback Thursday we spotlight Brooklyn's own, Beastie Boys. The trio of Mike D, Ad-Rock and the late MCA actually started out as a punk rock band. After the success of "Cooky Puss", their first official rap song, which was based on a prank phone call, the group started incorporating rap in all their music and hired a DJ, the future founder of Def Jam Records, Rick Rubin... R

There are hundreds of Beastie Boys tributes on the Internet, including our favorite ‘Sabotage‘ clip by some adorable kids. But a cool video recently surfaced of a rare unaired performance from the trio.

According to TMZ, Beastie Boys rapper MCA has died at the age of 47.

The Beastie Boys’ new single, ‘Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win,’ already had a nifty, Spike Jonze-directed video to its name — but the Beasties aren’t stopping there. The venerable rap trio has just released an EP that backs the song’s single edit (featuring an appearance by Santigold) with five remixes and an a cappella version that invites fans to add their own spin to the track.

‘Sesame Street’ is known for its musical numbers but generally the lyrics lean a little more optimistic (“Sunny day / Sweeping the clouds away”) than the rhymes in the Beastie Boys single ‘Sure Shot’ (“I’ve got the brand new doo-doo / guaranteed like Yoo-Hoo”). Still, there’s something about this Sesame/Beastie rap mashup that just seems so right. It’s nostalgic, flute heavy and hey, there’s eve

It was yet another great week for viral Internet videos, and we've compiled the 10 best that had everyone talking. Among our favorites: Hilarious parodies ('When Harry Met Sally 2,' starring Billy Crystal and Helen Mirren), on-air news pranks and a New York-based hot dog that costs, yep, $69. Watch them all below.