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, Money Mark and Mix Master Mike.
Mike D was born in Manhattan. Like the other members of the band, Mike is Jewish. He is also a vegan. He attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York for six months. In 1979, he co-founded the band The ...
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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, Money Mark and Mix Master Mike.
Mike D was born in Manhattan. Like the other members of the band, Mike is Jewish. 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.
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