It looks like Chili’s had some ill communication with the Beastie Boys, as the famed hip hop group filed a lawsuit on Wednesday over allegations that the restaurant chain’s parent company Brinker International used the group’s classic 1994 song “Sabotage” to promote its restaurants without permission.

In the suit, filed in New York federal court and reviewed by Rolling Stone, Beastie Boys claim that Brinker began unlawfully using “Sabotage” to promote Chili’s in social media advertisements starting around November 2022. Aside from using the song without permission, the complaint states,...