I had tickets to see the Beastie Boys at the Hollywood Bowl when Adam Yauch (aka MCA) was ” title=”Yauch, who was 47, has died” target=”_blank”>I was wrong.
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.
Last year, the ” title=”The Hot Sauce Committee Part 2″ target=”_blank”>The Hot Sauce Committee Part 2” had been delayed by Yauch’s treatment. It still rocked.
I’ve ” title=”this 2003 cover” target=”_blank”>this 2003 cover of Heeb remains my favorite.
Their legendary “Sabotage” music video is after the jump: