Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has died at the age of 47, after a three-year battle with cancer.

May 4, 2012 - Rapper Adam Yauch, a third of the trailblazing hip-hop act the Beastie Boys, has died aged 47. Yauch, who went by the name MCA, founded the Beastie Boys in the 1979 with his two friends, Michael Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horowitz (Ad-Roc).

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