RIP MCA
Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 48, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland.
terrible news… i would go see these guys again.
i hope they tour with guest rappers in his place like Q-tip, Mos-Def or others…
they’re great live.
RIP
The Beastie Boys are that in their late 40s? Shit, I feel old.
RIP
I was shocked to hear how old he was as well.
Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland.
Yauch sat out the Beastie Boys’ induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, and his treatments delayed the release of the group’s most recent album, Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2. The Beastie Boys had not performed live since the summer of 2009, and Yauch’s illness prevented the group from appearing in music videos for Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2.
Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horowitz in 1979. The band started off as a hardcore punk group, but soon began experimenting with hip-hop. The band broke big with their first proper album, Licensed to Ill, in 1986, and further albums Paul’s Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication cemented the band as a true superstar act.
In addition to his career with the Beastie Boys, Yauch was heavily involved in the movement to free Tibet and co-organized the Tibetan Freedom Concerts of the late Nineties. In 2002, he launched the film production company Oscilloscope Laboratories.
fuck…
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But very shitty…RIP
^ Didn’t know…please merge.
They were such a class act. I loved all their stuff, it’s terrible news.
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One of my favorites.
I had that cover on a huge flag in my room in middle school. Won it at the fair. Wow I’m old.
I was about 16 when they had their first hit so yeah… mid 40s.
RIP
I was probably 10-12 when Hello Nasty and subsequently Intergalactic game out. My parents let me get their Sounds of Science 2CD set and I never stopped listening to them.
Super sad. RIP
“I’m like Lee Perry, I’m very on, rock the microphone then I’m gone.”
Super Sadface
MCA > Whitney Houston
Intergalactic is still one of my favorite songs of all time. What a hook. This is really bumming me out right now. I never got to see them in person.
Always found their voices to be extremely annoying, but fuck cancer.
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