beastie boys

Mike Diamond, aka Mike D of the Beastie Boys, has brought together some of his favorite visual artists for an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. The show, ‘Transmission L.A.: AV Club,’ will run from April 20 to May 6.

Now, as huge fan myself, I was pretty pumped when I heard that the Beastie Boys were announced as one of the 2012 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The trio is only the third hip-hop group to make the cut, following Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s induction in 2007 and Run-D.M.C.’s in 2009. Other acts honored this year include rock groups Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns ‘N Ros

Move over, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Nelly: the Beastie Boys have also been immortalized as commercially available action figures. And, in a rather superhero-like gesture, Mike “Mike D” Diamond, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Adam “MCA” Yauch are donating the proceeds from sales of their limited-edition figures to charity.

The Beastie Boys’ new music video for ‘Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win,’ the group’s single with Santigold, reunites the group director Spike Jonze (the man behind the lens of their acclaimed ‘Sabotage’ video) and features the Boys as action figures in stop-motion animation.