
The Beastie Boys are disputably the original hipsters of hip-hop. Since as early as their 1992, and their album Check Your Head as well as its single Pass the Mic, the Beastie Boys have been molding their own type of hip-hop. Through their music and attitude, the trio helped change the face of skateboard culture and also made an imprint on the concept of thrift shopping. The Beastie Boys also started Grand Royal Magazine, one of the first underground lifestyle magazines of its kind and a prototype for hipster driven culture magazines such as Vice, Trace, and Fader.