Over a music career of more than 25 years, the Beastie Boys evolved from a goofy rap trio to a conscientious band with more nuanced positions on politics and art. But now that group, which says on principle that it does not allow its music to be used in advertisements, has come into conflict with a company that feels just as strongly about its own socially aware messaging, and that has gained wide attention with an online video that parodies the Beastie Boys song “Girls.”
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