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All All. Sign In. Michael Louis Diamond. Mike D. Country Mike. They started out as a punk band, but they found their calling with hip-hop music. In , they opened for Madonna on her famous "Like a Virgin" tour. The Beastie Boys gained huge success with numerous albums and tours, then later founded their own record label and magazine called Grand Royal in Spouse Tamra Davis - present separated, 2 children.

Mike D, Adam Yauch and Adam Horovitz are the second-highest selling hip-hop artists Beastie Boys of all time, only behind Tupac Shakur , who has sold 35 million albums.

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The Beastie Boys have sold 21 million, closely followed by Eminem 's 20, copies. Often plays drums on Beastie Boys songs when not performing with a DJ, although when the band plays hardcore punk songs, he usually switches to being the lead singer as was the set-up when the Beastie Boys originally formed in as a punk band. Is the best known of the Beastie Boys for his business sense, having been the main decision-maker for Grand Royale records.

Has a dog named Rufus who sometimes appears in Beastie Boys videos and is mentioned in certain Beastie Boys songs.

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That's my proudest sampling deal. The thing about being around for a frickin' long time is that you're not gonna knock it out of the park every time. One time an older Jewish manager-man came out of a cave and said to me, "What you guys do, you're doing as a career over a lifespan.