Michael Diamond

Michael Louis Diamond, also known by his stage name Mike D, is an American musician, rapper, actor and writer. Born to a Jewish family in New York City, he is best known as a part of the hip-hop trio 'Beastie Boys' alongside his high school friends, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and Adam "MCA" Yauch, formed in 1981. The group disbanded after Yauch died due to cancer in 2012, shortly after they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. As well as featuring in the group's music videos, Diamond has made cameos in other music videos and shows, as well as DJing. He has two children with director Tamra Davis, and co-wrote the 2020 documentary 'Beastie Boys Story'.

Filmography (56 Appearances)

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

Celebrity Escape Room

Beastie Boys Story

Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Finding the Funk

Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records

Downloaded

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

Bad Brains: A Band in DC

Beastie Boys: Move on Up

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

Fight for Your Right Revisited

Rappin' With The Rickster

Live From Bonnaroo 2009

Beastie Boys: Live Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival

Beastie Boys: Live at Bonnaroo 2009

Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome

30 Rock

Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!

Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits

Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'

Beastie Boys $2 Bill

Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam

The Work of Director Spike Jonze

Cydeways: The Best of The Pharcyde

Keep Your Eyes Open

Beastie Boys: Video Anthology

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999

Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999

Beastie Boys: Live in SECC, Glasgow

Futurama

Free Tibet

Beastie|ography

Beastie Boys: Open Air Festival

Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga

Tibetan Freedom Concert

Beastie Boys: Sabotage

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

Hi Octane

Ciao L.A.

The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Show with David Letterman

Later... with Jools Holland

Beastie Boys - Live in Japan

Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$

Tougher Than Leather

Yo! MTV Raps

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

Krush Groove

MTV Video Music Awards

Over Exposed

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