Adam Horovitz: Vin Diesel Was Never a Beastie Boys Back-Up Dancer - Late Night with Seth Meyers

Ad-Rock insists that Vin Diesel's claims that he was a Beastie Boys dancer are not true.
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Adam Horovitz: Vin Diesel Was Never a Beastie Boys Back-Up Dancer - Late Night with Seth Meyers
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[@presentinmyself]

A thing that general public commenting here don't understand is that Beastie Boys are just *three MC's and one DJ, no break dancers*. Of course, I understand that if you're not a BB fan then you would believe whatever thing whoever will say about them. But I got to tell you when I was watching that Vin Diesel interview, I knew he was just making it up, it just seemed like he once saw them outside Danceteria and kind of got into it with them and that's all. I don't know why he had to tell that he danced for them, like seriously?!

[@robmausser]

Theres a great podcast on how peoples memories are very malleable and how over the years they can actually come to believe things that didn't happen. What could of happened is Vin got into it with them at Danceteria and he mixed that up with another memory of him dancing for some other performer. Or over the years he kept elaborating on the story until one day he believed it to be true. revisionisthistory.com/episodes/24-free-brian-williams

[@ingibingi2000]

They had women dancing in cages in that early tour

[@tpowers8012]

"Come on!" lol

[@geroldminhofer3295]

I see Fast & Furious 8. Vin Diesel vs. Beastie Boys

[@4seeableTV]

I like how he said, 'That's not the way Mark Vincent told it". As if to say, a dude with a made up name is certainly more apt to make up stories as well.

[@tartfuel]

I think that's more of a slip that he knows him well and calls him by his real name (as his close friends and family do) and not by his stage name. Just like how LL Cool J is not called that by his friends or family. He's called Todd (his middle name). Even on set he's Todd.

[@TheSickNeeds]

So Ad Rock isn't a made up name is what your saying?

[@scottjohnson388]

I like how Adam dropped Vin Diesel's real name.

[@SM-qe4wd]

Wait no I wanted to hear another story from Adam, don't cut it there!

[@salas7146]

It's good to see Adam from the beastie boys again.l remember hearing them rap in the 80's.l was in high school.

[@4seeableTV]

Me too.

[@ledzeppie211]

interesting

[@robb3474]

Cool story 👍🏻

[@andysuchanko8006]

i miss him being in the BEASTIE BOYS

[@shlomogmz]

He looks and sounds so much like Kevin Pollack

[@PerryLevy]

The King

[@tash1741]

This is hilarious

[@shanmcknight5456]

Lol so funny

[@bjh3661]

I recently watched a "Seth Returns to SNL" skit and apart from the fact that nobody realised Seth had not been on SNL for a while, the skit was like re-introducing a forgotten nobody to a family who had moved on years ago with no memory of the nobody.

[@daveyboy_]

These B-boys didn't have brakedancers

[@zg-mzga]

Bboys are breakers

[@daveyboy_]

@@zg-mzga duhhh, and the Beastie Boys never had break dancers as back up dancers.they never had any dancers

[@harryarmstrong658]

This is weird, because in an unrelated interview with Kurtis Mantronik he says he saw the Beastie Boys in Dancenteria with Vin Diesel.

[@TheSickNeeds]

how on earth would that be unrelated? sounds like it would be directly related.

[@deanwalker7216]

Seth Myers has never been high or drunk.

[@baileykemper4258]

What is the deal with "come on!"

[@markherring3513]

Jerry Seinfeld has entered the chat.

[@Skaucher171]

This is not weird, this is very fucking weird lol

[@aaronstone8626]

thats my cousin!

[@dudeomfgstfux]

Vanilla Iced?

[@auldchair]

Vanilla Ice used to talk bullshit to make him seem tough

[@dudeomfgstfux]

I wasn't into POP culture back in the day.

[@TheSickNeeds]

LOL Luke..... every rapper did that.

[@Swenglish]

@@TheSickNeeds It's one thing to exaggerate how tough you are, it's another thing to blatantly lie about easily falsifiable and oddly specific life events involving other people. Vanilla Ice infamously claimed to have gone to high school with Luke (a different Luke than the one above) from 2 Live Crew, which Luke stated was false. I suspect that's what Adam is referring to. There was also some controversy over whether he even grew up in Miami as he claimed (he certainly wasn't from there). There's a whole complicated thing behind it where SBK supposedly pushed the false life story on Vanilla Ice (along with a makeover, to make him more "commercially viable"), and Vanilla Ice supposedly just went along with it because he was under contract (and easily manipulated), but I don't have enough information to verify nor dispute that. The fact that he recently performed at the Mar-a-Lago new year's party for a bunch of Trump's accomplices (and children) seems to verify that he's still easily manipulated, so I guess that's some tangential evidence in favor of that part of the story. There's also that time he broke into a house and claimed he was under the impression that it was his house.

[@sumoni]

@@Swenglish They did the same thing with Pink or Pynk! and Milli Vanilli. Labels cook up new images for artists to make them more interesting even to this day. Although it is harder to hide thanks to the internet.

[@dangoruiz3259]

Vin Diesel is a laiaaaaa

[@HOWYOUDOIN884]

This is a pretty big deal

[@campfive]

That's f'd up AD! You could'a let him have his freaking Beastie moment dude..

[@theinternet1424]

LIAR LIAR DANNY DYER *GET HIM IN A HEADLOCK!*

[@bjh3661]

I looked up Seth Mayers in the dictionary and it showed me the definition of Vapid.

[@GearheadTrucking]

Hey it’s Seth Meyer before every episode he made was about Trump. He really got into is head 😂

[@delbertgrady5492]

Vin deisel Is the worst actor in the world. Adrock is the greatest rapper in the world.

[@TheSickNeeds]

is it his acting or the actual movies that he is in?

[@billfuckyourmom3341]

Seth who?

[@bjh3661]

Seth, you offer very little to human discourse apart from a kind of "this could happen to you..." version of celebrity.

[@jethross12]

jewish band that is why they got so much play when they where young

[@t45tt4tr]

jethross12 haha what a thicko

[@dylanmahan5702]

They got airplay because they were good you racist douchebag.

[@MarkHoldcraft]

youre a fuckin idiot.

[@mariopantoja8259]

Nice one troll

[@ramirez855874]

Adam Horowitz looks gay and acts like one to is he? don't know much about the group because I was born 90's. How is this guy still relevant?? just saying.

[@mikecantreed]

He's promoting a movie he's in with Ben stiller and was in one of the highest selling music groups of all time. You were born in the 90s how bout ya Google something before you spew ur ignorant BS.

[@haro82]

They were still making albums about 4 or 5 years ago before Mca passed away. They're one of the best rap bands ever. He'll always be relevant.

[@ramirez855874]

All those comment's I've heard that before. He is married? yeah back then gay closet Man would get married and have children. "the highest selling music group of all time? I think that record is always getting surpass by another group. Because he will always be relevant, Okay!! sure now and day's if you ain't what's trending in pop culture. "You're not relevant" The only reason I was watched this clip was because of Vin Diesel. He basically called him a liar and made the conversation awkward. I bet you guys are of an older generation. Thus making you unaware that he is Not Relevant in 2015.

[@Youdontlooklikeher]

+ramirez855874 I'm 26 I LOOOOOVE the Beastie Boys and have since middle school. My sister is 18 and even she knows Beastie Boys music and considers them very much relevant. So not sure what you were trying to get at, except that maybe you are not fully aware of pop culture like you think you do.

[@ramirez855874]

Go read more comments and you will see I'm not the only one who post something negative about Adam Horovitz. I'm pretty sure you can copy and paste your long comment multiple times so it can make you feel better. Just because you and your sister listen to the beastie boys doesn't mean many people your age do.