NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Beastie Boys on 11 December 2018. Beastie Boys has been played on NTS over 140 times, featured on 115 episodes and was first played on 18 February 2012.

Beastie Boys were an American hip-hop trio from New York City, United States: Brooklyn and Manhattan. Originally formed as a four-piece hardcore punk band, The Young Aborigines, in 1978 by Michael Diamond (vocals), John Berry (guitar; died May 2016), Adam Yauch (bass) and Kate Schellenbach (drums), for the majority of its career the group consisted of Mike D (real name Michael Diamond), Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz) and, until…