Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys says that the LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy owes him $150 for breaking his refrigerator. Speaking with Vulture at a screening of the new Noah Baumbach film, Ad saw Murphy, and explained the situation to his interviewer.
"There's James Murphy. He owes me $150. Well, he stayed at my apartment a long time ago and broke the refrigerator and didn't get it fixed. I had to fix it," he said.
He added that he never found out how it got busted and thinks Murphy might be hiding something.
"It was just broken," he said. "He stayed at my place, and I moved back in and the refrigerator didn't work. I was like, 'Dude, what's up with the refrigerator?' He was like 'Oh yeah!' What kinda sh*t is that?"
The Beastie Boys memoir will be released in 2015 by Random House; there's no telling if Ad will expand on the story therein.
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