--- title: Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock Speaks Out Against Hate at Park Rally description: Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys spoke out at an anti-hate rally following the discovery of anti-Semitic, pro-Trump graffiti at Adam Yauch Park. canonical: https://time.com/4578380/ad-rock-speech/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-21T16:06:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:51.519Z og:title: Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock Speaks Out Against Hate at Park Rally og:description: The rally was in response to anti-Semitic grafitti in Adam Yauch Park og:url: https://time.com/4578380/ad-rock-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock Speaks Out Against Hate at Park Rally twitter:description: The rally was in response to anti-Semitic grafitti in Adam Yauch Park twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock Speak Out Against Hate at a Adam Yauch Park Rally > Sponsored content. 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Among those who turned up to the rally was [Yauch’s fellow Beastie Boys co-founder Adam Horovitz](http://time.com/4564740/30-years-of-beastie-boys-a-photographer-recalls-the-early-days/) — known to most by his stage name, [Ad-Rock](http://time.com/3768033/adam-horovitz-teen-advice-rookie-mag/) — who openly spoke out against the hateful messages of the park’s graffiti. “I assuming that we’re all here today because we’re thinking the same thing,” he said. “Spray painting swastikas in a children’s playground is a messed up thing to do. And for many of us, it has special meaning, because this park is named for Adam Yauch, who was my friend and bandmate for over 30 years, but he was also someone who taught nonviolence in his music, in his life, to all of us and to me. But this is more about someone in New York City linking Nazi Germany to Donald Trump in a ‘h-ll yeah’ kind of way in a park where children play.” He then encouraged them to make the positive changes in the world that they wanted to see. “If you’re able to volunteer, volunteer…if you’re a musician, write that anthem. If you’re a writer, write. Take what you’re good at, and what you truly enjoy, and lend your services to the causes you care most about. ‘Cause we can’t, and we won’t, and we don’t stop.” Ad-Rock was joined by local elected officials and religious leaders in the community, according to [_Rolling Stone_](http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/beastie-boys-ad-rock-speaks-out-at-nyc-anti-hate-rally-w451560)_,_ reporting that Senator Daniel Squadron, who represents the Brooklyn neighborhood, was in attendance. This is just one of other instances of [swastikas appearing in acts of vandalism](http://time.com/4573130/racist-incidents-hate-crimes-us/) in New York City and around the country since the presidential election; [hate crime reports](http://time.com/4569129/racist-anti-semitic-incidents-donald-trump/) are also on the rise. 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