Michael Diamond (Mike D.) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock), the two surviving Beastie Boys, have signed a deal with Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of Random House, to write a book about their career.
According to The New York Times, the Jewish rappers plan on being as out of the box in their writing as they were with their music.
“The first words out of Mike’s mouth were, ‘I don’t want to do a straight memoir,'” said Luke Janklow, the group’s agent.
Instead the book will be “a multidimensional experience,” says Julie Grau of Spiegel & Grau. “There is a kaleidoscopic frame of reference, and it asks a reader to keep up.”
The book, which will be edited by hip-hop journalist Sacha Jenkins and is slated for the fall of 2015, will include images as well as passages by other writers. Per Grau and Janklow, fans can expect something similar in style to Grand Royal, the irreverent magazine the Beasties put out in the 90s.
Adam Yauch (MCA), the third member of the group, died last year at age 47 of cancer of the salivary gland.
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