They’re so versatile.
The Beastie Boys were immortalized in Recent York history Saturday when the road corner featured on the duvet of the hip-hop group’s 1989 album “Paul’s Boutique” was christened “Beastie Boys Square,” reports NME.
Speaking on the ceremony, former band members Ad-Rock, 56, and Mike D, 57, thanked their fans for making their dreams come true.
“Thanks [to New York] for teaching us what to have a look at, what to take heed to, what to wear, how one can love, how one can live,” said Rock, born Adam Horovitz. “It makes me really completely satisfied to know that some kid on the approach to school 50 years from now’s gonna look up and say, ‘What the f–k is a Beastie Boy? Why do they get a square?’”
Mike D, born Michael Diamond, added that “we couldn’t have change into what we became without growing up in Recent York City.”
The Post reached out to the Beastie Boys for comment.
The dedication follows a decade-long campaign to have the Lower East Side intersection of Ludlow and Rivington streets renamed.
A proposal was overwhelmingly rejected by a Manhattan community board in 2014.
“CB3 voted it down since it didn’t meet guideline criteria,” which incorporates a minimum of 10 years community involvement and consistent voluntary commitment to the world, Susan Stetzer, district manager at Community Board 3, told The Post in 2019.
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Finally, in July 2022, the renaming garnered approval.
“As lots of us know, once the Beastie Boys hit the scene, it really modified the hip-hop game,” council member Christopher Marte said last 12 months.
“I see it as a celebration. A celebration for the Lower East Side, a celebration for hip-hop, and particularly a celebration for our community who has been organizing for a extremely very long time to make this occur.”
LeRoy McCarthy, who launched the initial petition, told The Post on the time that the renaming “took a protracted time, but hip-hop don’t stop.”
“It has been a protracted road to get Beastie Boys Square completed, but I’m completely satisfied to see Recent York government formally embracing the indigenous arts and culture of hip hop, and the road sign may be very appropriate because hip hop is from the NYC streets,” said McCarthy.
The celebration also comes because the group, which was energetic from 1981 to 2012, announced it had released a vinyl copy of “Hello Nasty” to rejoice the album’s twenty fifth anniversary.
