Rapper Adam Yauch, a third of the trailblazing hip-hop act the Beastie Boys , has died aged Yauch, who performed as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since after discovering a tumor in his parotid gland.
The band's management posted a lengthy statement on the Beastie Boys website :. It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam "MCA" Yauch, founding member of Beastie Boys and also of the Milarepa Foundation that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and film production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories, passed away in his native New York City this morning after a near-three-year battle with cancer.
Initially dismissed as a trio of jokers who scored a fluke novelty hit with Fight for Your Right To Party on their debut License to Ill, the Beastie Boys would grow into one of the most ambitious and influential acts of the s.
The densely layered followup to their jokey and spare debut was 's Paul's Boutique, a postmodern hip-hop masterpiece that was largely ignored at its release.
Today the Dust Brothers-produced record is considered a seminal album that would hint at the genre-bending direction s pop was heading. Subsequent records Check Your Head and Ill Communication found an instant foothold in the mainstream, however, propelling the band to stratospheric stardom.
Hide Caption. Story highlights Stars pay tribute to multifaceted entertainer Adam "MCA" Yauch dies after three-year cancer battle The self-taught musician was a founding member of the pioneering Beastie Boys Yauch was diagnosed with cancer in Adam "MCA" Yauch, a founding member of the pioneering rap band Beastie Boys, died Friday after a nearly three-year battle with cancer, the band's publicist said.
A torrent of Twitter messages from entertainers lauded Yauch, 47, as a visionary musical artist, filmmaker and humanitarian. What a loss. He was a very good man," said actor Ben Stiller. Yauch revealed in that he had a cancerous tumor in a salivary gland. As a result, the band canceled its scheduled concerts and delayed the release of an album. Watch Yauch announce he'd been diagnosed with cancer. We love you Adam. And though it makes me cry sometimes, it has been really amazing and moving to see.
Horovitz stated, "As you can imagine, s— is just fkd up right now. Horovitz hit it on the nose as the outpouring of love and support was overwhelming. Saturday Night Live inserted a clip of the Beastie Boys appearing on the show as a tribute. A few other rockers also offered larger tributes to Yauch. I dressed like them, pegged and rolled my pants, begged my mom for a pair of Ewings, and so on and so on. I rapped about not giving a f— and crazy s—t like they did in my early years.
I also followed their lead in later years, after I became my own person, in believing I could really help a lot of people out. MCA I know was at the forefront of this in the group, and for that I am forever indebted," said Rock.
Jane's Addiction 's Perry Farrell also offered a touching eulogy, recalling to Rolling Stone , "I kind of felt like they were family, but once removed. He was a really good guy trying to help people, and all about being innocent and wild, and even immature if you want to be. He was really such a part of our party vernacular -- our musical vernacular.
As stated by Rock and Farrell, there was much more to Yauch than just the Beasties' music. His humanitarian efforts were well documented. He was a practicing Buddhist and did his part for the Tibetan independence movement by staging the Tibetan Freedom Concert and launching the Milarepa Fund.
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