Adam Yauch

(Gibson) Beastie Boys fans want late rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch's legacy immortalized in his hometown of New York City. A collection of Brooklyn Beastie fans have launched a Facebook page to help raise support to get Squibb Park in Brooklyn Heights re-named ...  

The Beastie Boys recorded new music before the death of Adam ''MCA'' Yauch. Band member Mike D said they had been in the studio last autumn laying down tracks despite the musician's illness. However he insisted that began working together on the fresh songs because Adam expressed his wish to. He said: ''Adam ...  

Filed under: Arts and Culture, Photos, North America, United States, News Laughing Squid's Rusty Blazenhoff did us all a favor when she took a photo of a mural she recently passed in New York City. At East 7th Street in the East Village, Blazenhoff came across a new mural of the late Adam "MCA" Yauch from the Beastie Boys (Adam Yauch died on Friday, May 4). Created by a team called Cram Concepts, this mural has likely found a welcoming home in...  

This is exactly the kind of film Adam Yauch wanted to champion, and we are extremely proud to have it join the Oscilloscope family,” Laub commented.  

Although the surviving Beastie Boys remain uncertain about their musical future, Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond are committed to preserving Adam Yauch’s legacy. After the devastating death of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch earlier this month, the ...  

Beastie Boys Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond talked about Adam Yauch for the first time since Yauch's death earlier this month. Horovitz told Rolling Stone that he was struggling with his friend’s death. "My wife is like, 'I want to make sure you're ...  

Rolling Stone pays tribute to the late Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch by putting MCA on the cover of their magazine. The music publication spoke to the surviving members of the band, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Mike “Mike D” Diamond, where they shared memories about working with Yauch, how his Buddhism affected his songwriting, and how ... More »  

Bloomberg Law has put together a short video about Adam Yauch and the sampling lawsuit filed against the Beastie Boys the day before his death. Though the voiceover guy sounds a little like it's his first time reading the script, the video brings up some interesting tidbits. One is a 2003 sampling lawsuit brought against the Beasties in which they triumphed: the Ninth Circuit ruled that a flute sample they took from a James Newton song was...  

For the first time since Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys, passed away, a member of the group has spoken out about his untimely death. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Adam Horovitz (a.k.a. Ad-Rock) said that he still gets emotional ...  

Cee Lo Green will take part in a tribute to Adam "MCA" Yauch at the 2012 Billboard Music awards on Sunday, AccessHollywood.com has learned. "The Voice" coach will hit the stage to perform the Beastie Boys' classic "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!  

It was his flow on things, rather than specific lyrics, that first blew Adam [Horovitz] and I away ... We were layering a lot of samples on top of each other, and Yauch was definitely pushing that. The acid experience gave him the ability to see, "Wow ...  

New Delhi: New York State Senate has passed a resolution honouring the late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's achievements. The J4637 resolution was written by Daniel Squadron - who represents the district of Brooklyn Heights, where Yauch was born - and ...  

Donna Summers and Adam Yauch will join Whitney Houston on the list of late artists getting Billboard Music Awards tributes. Billboard reports that the three will all receive tributes for the show, which airs live tonight at 8 PM on ABC. Billboard notes ...  

The Beastie Boys walked up to the VMA mics in matching utilitarian grey outfits, Ad-Roc sneered at the cameras as if to imply it was about time. Behind him Mike D and MCA (aka Adam Yauch) in single file fashion, not particularly cheery, followed stiff as ...  

(RTTNews) - Mike D of the Beastie Boys spoke out, via his Facebook page, on the loss of band mate, Adam Yauch. In a heartfelt post, D said he misses his buddy: "I know, we should have tweeted and instagrammed every sad, happy and inspired thought, smile or ...