Ric Menello, Hip-Hop Video Director Behind LL Cool J, Beastie Boys’ Dead At 59
Ric Menello, a pioneer of hip-hop videos with groups like Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys and later an acclaimed independent filmmaker, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 59. A lifelong New Yorker, Menello directed the video for the Beastie Boys’ 1987 anthem of anarchy and fun, “Fight for Your Right to Party.” He […]
