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His name might not be familiar to folks outside of the hip hop circles, but if you happened to watch MTV in the late 1990s and early 2000s, you likely came across Michael Schwartz’s handiwork as a DJ and turntablist for the Beastie Boys. Mix Master Mike, as he’s known to his legions of fans, was a fixture on the station, performing a relentless, technical scratch routine in a basement for the Three MCs and One DJ video and using two turntables and a mixer to anchor the chaotic,…
