Breaking news: Adam Yauch dead at 47
Adam Yauch, one-third of the hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone reports.
Russell Simmons' website GlobalGrind.com first reported the death.
Yauch - also known as MCA - had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. He was diagnosed that year after a tumour was discovered in his salivary gland. At the moment it's unclear if the death is related to the rapper's battle with cancer.
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.
The group has won multiple Grammys and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year.
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Posted by: Wes | May 4, 2012 1:53:06 PM
Thats really sad. The end of the beastie boys and of an era.
Posted by: John | May 7, 2012 6:54:37 AM
The Beastie Boys ruined any credibility rap music had. They turned a collective voice of angst into a joke art form espousing decadence, commercialism, and the lowest common denominator traits of humanity. Edgar Bronfman's Seagrams' buy up of record companies added to this too. In any case this guy is no musical loss.
Posted by: Wes | May 9, 2012 1:42:06 PM
Hey John, your a total douch. Ruined any credibility? Most hip hop is garbage that does nothing but promote violence and degradation to women. If you think they didnt contribute to music you are either a little kid or know nothing about good music.. Go back to listening to 50cent or lil wayne or some other shitty rapper
Posted by: Hayley | May 17, 2012 4:46:40 PM
Pollywog Stew.