My favourite band is the American hip hop group from New York... the Beastie Boys!!! Know of them?
I have heard of them before - are they popular now or were they popular several years back?
Well they were formed in the 80's, 1981 to be exact and are no longer active as a group.
Ah, I see.  That would explain why I have heard of them because I was really into regular music back then.  Now I mostly listen to Christian contemporary and so am not "up with the times" so to speak.
So funny, speaking of genres, the Beastie Boys actually started as a hard core punk band! How do you go from punk to hip hop?