Mike D(I)

Mike D, Adam Yauch and Adam Horovitz are the second-highest selling hip-hop artists (Beastie Boys) of all time, only behind Tupac Shakur, who has sold 35 million albums. The Beastie Boys have sold 21 million, closely followed by Eminem's 20,000000 copies.

"Seven hundred bucks, but he asked for two thousand dollars. I thought it was kind of fly that he asked for $2000.00, and I bartered Bob Dylan down. That's my proudest sampling deal." - on the amount it cost him to obtaining a sample from the song "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" from music legend Bob Dylan to use in the Beastie Boys' song "Finger Lickin' Good".