Biography
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Diamond was born in New York City to an upper-middle-class Jewish household. He attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York for six months. In 1979, Diamond co-founded the band The Young Aborigines. In 1981, Adam Yauch, aka MCA, a friend and follower of the band became their bass player, and on the suggestion of their then-guitar player, John Berry, the band changed their name to the Beastie Boys. By 1983,Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) joined, and their sound began to shift away from punk to hip-hop. In 1992, Mike D founded the Beastie Boys' now-defunct record label Grand Royal Records. He is also interested in interior decoration, and designed Brooklyn-themed toile wallpaper; it was used in the renovation of the Marquee nightclub in Chelsea, which reopened in January 2013. A year after the passing of MCA in 2012, Mike D told Rolling Stone he was "excited about making new stuff again" and released "Humberto Vs the New Reactionaries (Christine and the Queens Remix)" in July 2013. A remix of Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band's "Bad Dancer" by Mike D and Adam Horovitz was streamed online in August 2013. The pair is credited with “additional beats, programming and other curve balls.”
Filmography
all 41
Movies 33
self 28
TV Shows 8
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson (2021)
Celebrity Escape Room (2020)
Beastie Boys Story (2020)
Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication' (2019)
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records (2013)
Downloaded (2013)
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease (2012)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012)
Bad Brains: A Band in DC (2012)
Beastie Boys: Move on Up (2011)
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)
Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)
Rappin' With The Rickster (2010)
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome (2007)
30 Rock (2006)
Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! (2006)
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits (2005)
Beastie Boys 'Horseplay' (2004)
Beastie Boys $2 Bill (2004)
Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam (2004)
The Work of Director Spike Jonze (2003)
Keep Your Eyes Open (2002)
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (2000)
Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999 (1999)
Futurama (1999)
Beastie|ography (1998)
Beastie Boys: Sabotage (1994)
Hi Octane (1994)
Ciao L.A. (1994)
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder (1994)
Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$ (1992)
Tougher Than Leather (1988)
Yo! MTV Raps (1988)
MTV Video Music Awards (1984)
Over Exposed (1984)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
One Times One
Beastie Boys - Live in Japan
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GenderMale
Birthday1965-11-20 (58 years old)
Birth NameMichael Louis Diamond
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
SpouseTamra Davis
FatherHarold Diamond
MotherHester Diamond
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMike D, Alasondro Alegré, Mike Diamond, Beastie Boys
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