Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys, has died from cancer at 47. I love them so much. RIP Adam. [Seriously? OMG! WTF?]
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RIP, Adam. Thanks for the memories and the music. So sad to hear of his passing. I had thought he was getting better. My condolences to his family.
I just can’t with this. I am heart broken! Beastie Boys got me through the hardest times of my life: parents divorce, major car accident with amnesia, high school bitches and break ups…. They were true pioneers and he was so talented. My heart hurts thinking that there will be no more Beastie music. :'( Show that License to Ill up in heaven MCA!
No more pain Adam…RIP you leave many fans behind besides your family and friends.
Sad, sad news. I remember when Licensed to Ill came out – it blew my little Midwest white girl mind and influenced my music taste from then on. True pioneers. RIP Adam.
Goodbye MCA. You and your boys got me through some rough times. This one hurts. Love you.
Such sad news. The Beastie Boys’ music is a big part of the soundtrack of my life. I know there are so many people who feel the same.
My heart goes out to his wife, daughter and bandmates.
RIP Adam. And thank you.
+1
Totally agree… I’m very sad about this. “Hey Ladies” is especially awesome. I’ve loved them since high school and they were a big part of my senior year in ’87. F*cking cancer.
My heart is broken. Such a talented and influential guy. Beasties/Roots show was my first “real” concert when I was 15 🙁
So so sad 🙁
that is the first concert I admit too.. I remember The Roots handing out tapes after the show, as a matter of fact I still have that tape, worn out but it was such a happy memory..
I am SO sad. I thought he had beaten the cancer. I LOVE the Beastie Boys so much. Thank you Adam for all you did ~ I loved it all. ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
RIP Adam. Condolences to his family, friends, and many fans (of which I am one). Licensed to Ill was the soundtrack of my teen years.
In honor of Adam I want everyone to get up from their desks and computer chair and dance to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE&ob=av2e
RIP
SO sad to hear the news about Adam. I remember right after 9/11 happened they came on Mtv – calm, intelligent- basically telling people to not start attacking and being violent towards Muslims. I still remember it, it was admirable and powerful.
No! I am in shock. This is SO sad…
The Beastie Boys mean a lot to me. Especially now that my 8-year old is starting to play their music I was falling in love once more with their cool songs and all their wonderful crazy videos.
He, together with the other BBoys were major influences on youth culture the past decades. He will be sorely missed.
so sad
Overrated as artists but still an iconic piece of Gen X fabric. R.I.P.
No way! Paul’s Boutique is one of the greatest albums of all time!
I disagree. I found nothing great about their music. Swaggerjackers/bandwagony artists aren’t in my G.O.A.T. pile. I like them but not enough to hop on their genius title.
Totally agree. I am devastated by this. One of my all time fave bands. I’m so lucky I got to see them 7 times. Cancer takes away all the good ones…my grandmother, mom and so many more.
Paul’s Boutique was great!
PSH! Check Your Head!!
OriginalVictoria. I have to respecfully disagree with you. If what you say was true, there are a HUGE number of current and past artists that would not be here today. Of course, that means we could have avoided the likes of Fred Durst and Sum 41, and …..you may have a point. 😉
Nah, BB were amazing. At least for us rebels without a clue. Their music was our swan song.
Sorry Original Victoria but you are so wrong! They may not have been your thing BUT they were inducted into Rock N Roll Hall of Fame and had millions of fans. Creative artists who pushed the envelope musically and visually.
Um Rock and Roll Hall of Fame actually doesn’t mean anything. There are many folks who made shit music who are in there.
There’s a time and a place for everything. Immediately following a death announcement is NOT the time to start spouting negativity. Your “right” to your opinion doesn’t trump sensitivity and social protocol.
Agreed.
Three words: Check Your Head. That and Paul’s Boutique are seminal albums. Anyways I’ve got to agree with RN about your comment not being in the best taste. Even if BB’s music is crap Yauch devoted much of his life to philanthropy.
Tragically young. Rest in peace, good man.
I grew up with the Beastie Boys music!
Adam, so sorry to lose you this young. Everyone enjoyed your talent.
Adam, you will be missed a lot. RIP
I am so shocked, Beastie Boys were always one of my favorites. At least he feels no more pain, that is just so sad..
RIP Adam
This is heartbreaking for so many of us that grew up having these guys provide the soundtrack to our formative years. Rest in peace, Adam. Thoughts and prayers are with your family.
Sad news….Rest In Peace Adam.
So sad.It just goes to show how fragile life really is.Not everyone has forever.Condolences to family and friends.
Adam wrote some really awesome statements about his conversion to Buddhism. He inspired me to do the same. He will be sorely missed. I love the Beasties. R.I.P. Adam.
I just wrote an article about Buddhist funeral rites for a blog called order of the good death. They’re some of THE most touching ceremonies I’ve ever seen/participated in. RIP MCA. I’m sure he’ll get a spectacular send off.
Couldn’t be more bummed. 🙁
This was the last thing I expected to hear today. Listen to the BB religiously in high school. RIP:(
God, this makes me so sad.
“Like a lemon to a lime – a lime to a lemon” – favorite Beaties quote. Crankin’ some BB tonight. So sad. RIP Adam. :<
RIP Adam! Mad love & respect & thanks for all the years of mind blowin’ Beastie Boys sounds!
I’m so bummed right now!!!
The Beastie Boys are one of my favorite groups and I still have fond memories of riding down the Ft. Lauderdale strip with my “License To Ill” cassette tape blaring. They had a sound all their own and kept reinventing it. A true artist has died. R.I.P. MCA
Oh no… what an awful headline to read. Rest in peace MCA, thanks for filling up my sixth grade mixtapes with some cool stuff.
God, I feel like I just got punched in the gut…some of my earliest memories was goofing around to “Brass Monkey” with my teenage brother.
RIP, MCA. Ill on.
So, so sad. Condolences to family and friends.
He was very young it is very sad. RIP
Really, sincerely bummed. 🙁
Awww I’ve been a fan since grade school. This is a major shock.
Heartbreaking. 🙁 Sadly, I didn’t even know he was ill. RIP.
I heard the best sentiment on the radio earlier…”It’s like one of our Beatles is gone.” That’s exactly how I’ve been feeling all day.
So sad. RIP, Adam!
I never ran out to buy their albums but they always put a smile on my face when I heard them.
Aw this is such sad news. RIP MCA.
‘So I pledge here before everyone who’s listening
To try to make my every action for the good of all beings
For the rest of my lifetimes and even beyond
I vow to do my best to do no harm’
Sad news 🙁 RIP Adam
damn! he was so young! So many good memories.
3 years is a long battle.
May he RIP
”I Want To Say a Little Something That’s Long Overdue
The Disrespect To Women Has Got To Be Through
To All The Mothers And Sisters And the Wives And Friends
I Want To Offer My Love And Respect To The End.” – “Sure Shot”
Great lyrics – He was a gentleman. He will be missed.
47 is too young to die.
OMG! Wow…can’t believe he’s gone. Sniff. It’s hard when all your childhood idols start to die. MJ, Whitney, Adam…sigh. Growing up sucks.
True that. Especially when they aren’t that much older than you.
this sucks. brass monkey will always and forever rule!
brutal.
Sad day.
Very sad news. RIP, Adam.
I’m really sad about Adam. I almost never have an emotional reaction to celebrity passings, but this one hurts.
Agreed. I was sad when Michael and Whitney passed but didnt shed tears, I have shed them today for Adam. Beastie Boys music is such an integral part of my youth that I will always have fond memories of.
God Bless him. My love & prayers to his family esp his wife & daughter & his bandmates.
I’m surprised how upset I am too – MJ and Whitney had substance problems but when cancer causes an early death, it’s esp sad to me. I’ve enjoyed their music for over 20 years.
Love the Beasties. “Hey Ladies” is my personal favorite.
47 – way to young. Damn cancer!
My he RIP. My prayers to his family & friends.
The link about the crazy mom goes to the Chris Martin article.
As for the woman needing two seats, this world is absurd. You never would have heard about this twenty years ago.
The source for Adam’s death sums up my reaction. omg. wtf. 🙁
RIP. So sad. I thought he’s on his way to recovery.
Didn’t the Beasties receive R n R Hall of Fame last month?
MCA was an amazing man and an amazing musician. I was blessed to see Beastie Boys as a kid in NYC and again as an adult and they were just as amazing when they were older. That’s the sound of hearts breaking. Rest in peace, beautiful man.
Love them so much. Paul’s Boutique is a masterpiece and a first of its kind. Sabotage is the funniest video ever. An era is over.
The video for “Ch-Check It Out” is even funnier! OK, ladies… I’ll stop posting now! Have a great weekend, I’m sad now!
In highschool, a bunch of the guys I was friends with reenacted the video (grey wigs, mustaches and all) and pulled a freshman boy into a van. They released him a few blocks away, but the police got involved and the guys were almost charged with kidnapping!
I guess even disgruntled Gen Xers like me have hearts. This one hurts. Even though I wasn’t a huge fan their music never failed to catch my ear and perk up my spirits. I guess to lose him to cancer is what is bothering me most. I’ve lost so many people to that fraking disease each of them fighting hard for so long. Rest in Peace, MCA.
I am not the biggest fan, but it’s hard to underestimate their originality (Jewish Rappers!) Very sad news, 47 so young. RIP Adam Yauch
F**k Cancer! RIP Adam. Tragic & a true lose for music & originality:( There was no one like the Beastie Boys and they’re still influential & relevant. Blessings upon his family and friends.
best wishes for the journey Adam. happy rebirth.
Sad news. I always enjoyed Beastie Boys music. Rest in peace, Adam.
Count me in as one of the people who incorrectly assumed that he had beaten his cancer. This was a total shock to me.
I still remember being 10 years old and some kid on my street (I don’t even remember who) having secured the cassette tape of Licensed to Ill, and we (the neighborhood kids) sat outside on the sidewalk and listened to it on someone’s little mini-boombox tape player thingy. It was like the cool new thing. And today, 25 years later, it’s still awesome.
It is interesting how this news was huge and devastating to everyone between the ages of like 25 and 45 today (or maybe between 30 and 50?), and for everyone else, it was probably just another sad headline.
R.I.P. Adam/MCA. I am very sad.
Word.
The passing of MCA truly saddens me. I’m not one to shed tears when a “celebrity” passes, but this one hurts. The BBoys music and funky rhymes helped to bring me through some tough times. They always managed to put a smile on my face and in my soul. Adam was a class act. RIP brother. You will be missed! See you on the other side. Condolences to his family, band mates and friends.
Had no idea he was even ill. How sad. And he’s so young. Paul’s Boutique was the first album I ever bought. I’m really quite shocked by this.
MCA dies but la lohan is somehow still alive!? Not sure I want to live on this planet anymore!!
RIP Adam.
I’m still sad.
This is so sad, but it makes me smile to think that my older foster siblings (early 40s), my younger brother (16) and I (30) have all grown up with the Beasties as the soundtrack to our teenage hijinx. That’s basically three generations of rocking, and their output has been consistently better-than-average to great.
RIP MCA!
what. what?!?? omg this is so sad and shocking. i loved them. rip