Editing Mike D (section)

==Early life==
Diamond was born in New York City<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Weiner|first=Jonah|date=2016-11-23|title=Mike D's Endless Summer: How Ex-Beastie Boy Found New Peace in Malibu|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mike-ds-endless-summer-how-former-beastie-boy-found-new-peace-in-malibu-126975/|access-date=2021-06-29|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> to [[Harold Diamond]], an art dealer, and [[Hester Diamond|Hester (née Klein) Diamond]], an interior designer and art collector.  He grew up on the Upper West Side surrounded by artwork, including pieces by [[Willem de Kooning]], [[Mark Rothko]], and [[Barnett Newman]].<ref name="NYT 2021">{{Cite news|last=Pappademas|first=Alex|date=2021-01-14|title=Mike D Is Cleaning Out the Family Attic|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/style/hester-diamond-art-auction.html|access-date=2021-01-14|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="rstone">{{cite magazine|first=Sarah |last=Grant |title=Original Beastie Boys Member John Berry Dead at 52 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/original-beastie-boys-member-john-berry-dead-at-52-20160519 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=2014-05-18 |access-date=February 26, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |title=New York art dealer gets six years prison for fraud |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newyork-art/new-york-art-dealer-gets-six-years-prison-for-fraud-idUSTRE6724UC20100803 |access-date=10 November 2019 |work=Reuters |date=3 August 2010}}</ref> He attended the arts-oriented [[Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn)|Saint Ann's School]] and [[Walden School (New York City)|Walden School]].<ref name=rstone/>