The Beastie's clearly were young punks who grew up and became better men (Ad Rock even apologized in Time Out magazine in 1999), but Licensed to Ill was originally going to be titled "Don't Be a Faggot." Columbia refused to release it with that title.

Chuck on "Letter to the Post" was pretty homophobic "Ask James Cagney / He beat up on a guy when he found he was a fagney / Cagney is a favorite / He is my boy / He don't jive around / He's a real McCoy," and BDK rapped "the Big Daddy law is anti-faggot / That means no homosexuality."