Remembering Adam Yauch

The Takeaway

We remember the guy known as “MCA.” Adam Yauch, one of the  founding Beastie boys from Brooklyn, died suddenly and unexpectedly late last week from cancer. The Beastie boys were the so-called white crossover hip hop act that sold more than 40 million albums and helped to make hip-hop mainstream.

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