Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons says Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper who co-founded the seminal hip-hop group, has died at age 47. full story ![]()

"Gratitude" was the motto of the second-annual "MCA Day" in Brooklyn yesterday and a constant procession of fans came to pay their respects to late Beastie Boys co-founder Adam Yauch on the one-year anniversary of his death from cancer of the salivary glands Two street signs quoting Yauch's best-known lines about the...
rollingstone.com (13 days ago)

NEW YORK -- A New York City playground where the late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch learned to ride a bike as a child has been renamed in his honor. City officials on Friday rechristened Brooklyn's Palmetto Playground as Adam Yauch Park. Yauch's parents and fellow Beastie Boy Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz attended the renaming ceremony. The rapper known as "MCA" died last May at the age...
huffingtonpost.com (14 days ago)

No sleep till... Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival? The ninth annual event's organizers announced today the July 10 to 13 fest will include a moment of silence for late Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch, followed by a tribute...
spin.com (2 days ago)

The Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn will be renamed in honor of Adam Yauch the Beastie Boy known as MCA who died last year A ceremony is set for 11 am Friday morning and will feature fellow Beastie Boy Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz Yauch's parents and other family members as well as Brooklyn Borough...
rollingstone.com (16 days ago)

The year 2012 was a tough one for the Beastie Boys after they lost one member of their legendary trio, rapper-turned-filmmaker Adam Yauch a.k.a MCA, to cancer. But according to the New York Times, things are looking up for Michael Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) who will join ... More »
nymag.com (19 days ago)

Palmetto Playground will be renamed in honor of the late Beastie Boys at a ceremony Friday. By James Montgomery Adam Yauch Photo: Getty Images
mtv.com (16 days ago)
A New York City playground where the late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch learned to ride a bike as a child has been renamed in his honor.
statesmanjournal.com (15 days ago)
A New York City playground where the late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch learned to ride a bike as a child has been renamed in his honor.
miamiherald.com (15 days ago)

The Palmetto Playground will be renamed the Adam Yauch Playground in a ceremony on May 3
nme.com (17 days ago)
When I realized that today was MCA Day—Beastie Boy Adam Yauch died a year ago today—I verged on tears. When I saw this bit about Palmetto Playground being renamed Adam Yauch Park, I went full-bore. More than almost any other figure in popular culture, Yauch meant the world to me, ...
bangordailynews.com (14 days ago)
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