Beastie Boys

John Berry, who is credited with giving the Beastie Boys their name, has passed away at the age of 52.

After winning a $1.7 million lawsuit against Monster, Beastie Boys rappers Mike D and Ad-Rock have been awarded an additional $668,000 for legal fees.

Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock discusses some of the projects he's taken on since the death of MCA.

Beastie Boys are now seeking to have Monster Energy pay the nearly $2.4 million the band spent in legal fees defending the usage of their music.

A federal judge in New York has squashed Monster’s attempt at voiding an earlier decision.

Beastie Boys music was improperly used by Monster in a promotional video and a downloadable 23-minute medley.

Beastie Boys' Adam 'Ad-Rock' Horovitz took the stand in the band's lawsuit against the Monster Beverage Company.

There's no denying the mutual love between the Beastie Boys and New York's five boroughs, but despite the close relationship will there will not be a "Beastie Boys Square" in Manhattan just yet. Beasties fan LeRoy McCarthy had petitioned to have the intersection of Ludlow and Rivington co-named "Beastie Boys Square," but a Manhattan community board voted Wednesday (Jan. 29) to

GoldieBlox recently apologized for their usage of the Beastie Boys' 'Girls' in a promo for their line of toys for girls, but the band is not buying it. According to the New York Times, the band has followed through on plans to file suit against the toy company after the company first took legal action against them.

It looks as though the Goldieblox / Beastie Boys legal debate couldl be over before the case hits courts. The toy company has issued a new statement in which they reveal that they don't want to fight with the living members of the group and were unaware of Adam Yauch's wishes that the band's music not be used for commercial purposes at the time they created their parody of the song 'Girls.' Read M