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American rapper, guitarist, and actor (born 1966)
For other people named Adam Horovitz, see Adam Horovitz (disambiguation).
Musical artist
Adam Keefe Horovitz (born October 31, 1966),[1][2] popularly known as Ad-Rock, is an American rapper, guitarist, and actor. He was a member of the hip-hop group Beastie Boys. While Beastie Boys were active, Horovitz performed with a side project, BS 2000. After the group disbanded in 2012 following the death of member Adam Yauch, Horovitz has participated in a number of Beastie Boys-related projects, worked as a remixer, producer, and guest musician for other artists, and has acted in a number of films.
Early life and education
Horovitz was born on Halloween 1966, and raised on Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York, the son of Doris (née Keefe) and playwright Israel Horovitz.[3] His sister is film producer Rachael Horovitz. His father was Jewish, whereas his mother, who was of Irish descent, was Catholic.[4][5] He had a secular upbringing.[6]
Career
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Ad-Rock
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Not to be confused with Adam Horowitz.
Ad-Rock
Background information
Birth name Adam Keefe Horovitz
Also known as Adrock, King Adrock
Born October 31, 1966 (age 42)
Origin South Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip hop, alternative hip hop, rap rock, hardcore punk (early)
Occupation(s) Rapper, Musician, Songwriter, Guitarist
Instrument(s) Rapping, vocals, guitar, keyboards, sitar
Years active 1983–Present
Label(s) Def Jam Records
Grand Royal Records
Capitol Records
Associated acts Beastie Boys
Website www.beastieboys.com
Adam Keefe Horovitz (born October 31, 1966, better known as Ad-Rock or King Ad-Rock, is an American musician, guitarist, rapper, producer, and actor. He is best known as a member of the pioneering hip hop group, Beastie Boys.
Horovitz was born in South Orange, New Jersey, the son of Doris Keefe and playwright Israel Horovitz. He is Jewish. He began his musical career with a stint in the punk rock band, The Young and the Useless, who would often perform with Beastie Boys. When Beastie Boys guitarist John Berry qui
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Adam Horovitz was born in Manhattan, in 1966, and raised there by his mother, the artist Doris Keefe. His father, the playwright Israel Horovitz, left the family in 1969. New York in the seventies was wild and lawless, which suited a young person searching for a tribe. As a teen-ager, Horovitz played in a New York punk band called the Young and the Useless. There was no imaginable future in music for him. It was just a way to pass the time, an excuse to hang out and meet people who were into the same things as he was. The Young and the Useless would often play shows with another punk band called the Beastie Boys, which consisted at the time of Horovitz’s friends Adam Yauch, Michael Diamond, John Berry, and Kate Schellenbach. In 1982, as the Beastie Boys were moving from punk to hip-hop, Berry left the band, and Horovitz, who was sixteen, replaced him. A couple of years later, they asked Schellenbach to leave, as they pursued, in Horovitz’s words, a new “tough-rapper-guy identity.”
Perhaps they leaned a bit too heavily into this identity. When the Beastie Boys, now managed by the
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