"I'm releasing this music into a very strange and dark and power-fixated world that really devalues art and feelings and compassion and empathy and equality." Beastie Boys legend Mike D announces debut solo album Thank You

Mike D performs with his band 5D at 26 Leake Street, London, England.

Beastie Boys co-founder Mike D has announced details of his first solo album.

Thank You, set for release on Fontana on August 28, is the first album of new music from a Beastie Boy since 2011’s Hot Sauce Committee Part Two. The New York rappers have been inactive since the 2012 death of Adam Yauch, aka MCA, but Mike D's return comes after he began writing music with his sons Davis and Skyler, who play in his backing band 5D.