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Beastie Boys (L-R) Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "MCA" Yauch and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz perform at the 2004 MTV Movie Awards in Culver City, Calif. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Rap, Buddhism And Broken Radiators: The Beastie Boys Have A Story For Everything
Beastie Boys (L-R) Adam "MCA" Yauch, Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz in California in 1994. Courtesy of Beastie Boys hide caption
Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced? was released 50 years ago Friday. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption
DJ Miss Mara is one of Alt.Latino's favorite new DJs of 2014. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On September 29, 1998, Outkast's Aquemini came out the same day as A Tribe Called Quest's The Love Movement, Brand Nubian's The Foundation and Jay-Z's Vol. 2, Hard Knock Life. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Adam Yauch speaks at a press conference before the 1998 edition of the Tibetan Freedom Concert in Washington, D.C. Stephen Jaffe/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Adam Yauch (center), with Mike Diamond (right) and Adam Horovitz, in a photo from 1985, the year before the Beastie Boys' debut LP, Licensed to Ill, was released. Janette Beckman hide caption
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Adam Yauch (left) with the Beastie Boys in 1987. The gruff-voiced rapper known as MCA died Friday after a battle with cancer. Ebet Roberts/Getty Images hide caption
The Beastie Boys circa 1987. Ebet Roberts/Getty Images hide caption
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee Chaka Khan onstage in London in 1985. Mike Cameron/Redferns hide caption
The Beastie Boys' eighth album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, is out this month — along with a long-form music video that takes a comedic look back at the group's early days. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Beastie Boys' eighth album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, is out this month — along with a long-form music video that takes a comedic look back at the group's early days. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Beastie Boys accepting the award for best Hip Hop video for "Intergalactic" at the 1999 Video Music Awards. Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (left) used the occasion to speak out about violence toward women during concerts. Frank Micelotta/Getty Images hide caption