Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock on Rap Pioneer Jimmy Spicer Influence

Jimmy Spicer past away last Friday of lung and brain cancer at the age of 61. His debut single, The Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap), came out in 1980 and proved to be an influential early hip-hop landmark. His next singles, The Bubble Bunch and Money (Dollar Bill Y’all), established him as a rap pioneer and have been sampled by Wu-Tang Clan, Busta Rhymes, Kanye West, and many more.

Beastie Boys’ Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz has long credited Spicer as the reason he wanted to become a rapper. Horovitz reflected on Spicer’s impact on him and the group in interview for Rolling Stone.

Read the whole interview via here.