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The Beastie Boys: Paid In Full

Frank Owen, Spin, October 1989

The Beastie Boys say their old record company is withholding millions of their dollars. Def Jam's Russell Simmons says he taught the Beastie Boys how to walk and talk. A story of rhyming and stealing, of feuding and fighting.

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