Beastie Boys Adam Yauch Dead

I officially started listening to hip hop music in 1995, so you have to pardon me if i say i don't really know any music from the Beatise Boys. All i know is that they are the first white rap group, and were popular in the late 80s and early 90s. Breaking news out, and a rather sad one at that is that they just lost one of their members. Adam Yauch passed away this afternoon at 47.

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Multiple media outlets are reporting this afternoon that New York native and Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch has died at the age of 47. Yauch, also known as "MCA", had been in treatment for cancer. He was diagnosed in 2009 and was unable to attend The Beastie Boys induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. Yauch along with Mike Diamond and Adam Horowitz formed the brooklyn group in 1979. They are known for songs including "Fight for your right to party" "No Sleep 'til Brooklyn" and "Sabotage." (New York 1)

Since 2009, the late group member had been undergoing cancer treatment.

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." (MSNBC)

MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE!