Mike D (musician)

Michael Louis Diamond, better known as Mike D (born November 20, 1965), is a founding member of New York hip hop group the Beastie Boys. Mike D raps, sings, and plays drums alongside fellow members Adrock, MCA and Mix Master Mike.

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Mike D was born in New York City, New York. Like the other members of the band, Mike was raised in an upper-middleclass Jewish household. He is also a vegan. He attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York for six months. In 1979, he 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 from 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 to form the lasting Beastie Boys trio, 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. In 1993, he married film director Tamra Davis. They have two sons. Skyler and Davis.

Beastie Boys: The Beastie Boys are an American hip-hop music group originating from New York City. Its main members are Mike D (real name Michael Diamond), MCA (Adam Yauch) and Adrock (Adam Horovitz), but several other musicians have played with the group for a long time....

Raps: RAPS or Raps can have several meanings:...

Drum: For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation)....

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