The Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch (yowk) rapped that he wouldn’t “sell my songs for no TV ad.” His will shows he wanted to make sure that held true after his death. full story ![]()

Palmetto Playground – a small park tucked beneath a highway on-ramp in Brooklyn just blocks from the late Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch's childhood home – was renamed Adam Yauch Park on Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of his passing on May 4th Family friends and fans gathered for...
rollingstone.com (1 month and 16 days ago)

This Saturday, May 4, marks the one-year anniversary of the death of
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Photo by Christopher Herz Hanging on jungle gym bars in what, before today, was known as Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn Heights, fans of Adam Yauch (MCA) gathered for the renaming of a park that the young Beastie Boy played in as a child. Photo by Christopher Herz As cars, trucks and motorcycles revved by to get on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, Yauch was honored by...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 16 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 (1 month and 17 days ago)

"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 (1 month and 14 days ago)

Beastie Boy emcee Adam “MCA” Yauch inspired generations of music lovers to fight — either for their right to party or for the rights of Tibetans. In return for his years of activism and music, fans fought for the right to name a Brooklyn playground after him. Tomorrow, Beastie Boys Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond are expected to join Brooklyn Borough...
time.com (1 month and 17 days ago)

Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn Heights has been renamed “Adam Yauch Park” in commemoration of Mr. Yauch’s accomplishments as rapper, film director and activist, as well as his devotion to New York.
nytimes.com (1 month and 16 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 (1 month and 17 days ago)

In a ceremony held a day before the one-year anniversary of Yauch's death, Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz commended the Parks Department for honoring "one of Brooklyn’s most culturally influential sons."
hollywoodreporter.com (1 month and 16 days ago)

The Palmetto Playground will be renamed the Adam Yauch Playground in a ceremony on May 3
nme.com (1 month and 18 days ago)
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