In this video interview for a film about A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys talk about the hip-hop collective Native Tongues (i.e., Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest) and their connection to Afrika Bambaataa.

Update: A second video has been posted (see below).

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On January 12, Adam Yauch attended the National Board of Review Awards Gala in New York City. The event, which was held at Cipriani's, honored the best in film for 2009. Two of Oscilloscope's films, Oren Moverman's The Messenger and Anders Østergaard's Burma VJ, earned awards at the ceremony.

See photos of Yauch on the red carpet HERE and HERE [DEAD LINKS].

Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris