Beastie Boys co-founder loses battle with cancer
NEW YORK — Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced rapper who made the Beastie Boys one of the seminal groups in hip-hop, has died. He was 47.
Yauch, also known as MCA, died Friday morning in New York after a nearly three-year battle with cancer, his representatives confirmed Friday. He had been diagnosed with a cancerous salivary gland in 2009.
In this 1989 promotional photo, Beastie Boys members Adam Horovitz, known as “Adrock,” Michael Diamond, known as “Mike D,” and Adam Yauch, known as “MCA,” are shown. AP photo
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At the time, Yauch expressed hope that it was “very treatable,” but his illness forced the group to cancel shows and delayed the release of their 2011 album, “Hot Sauce Committee, Pt....
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