After a nearly-three-year battle with cancer, Adam Yauch finally gave in to the illness. The founding member of Beastie Boys, who was diagnosed with a cancerous salivary gland in 2009, passed away in New York at the age
Chris Polk/FilmMagic. Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009.
The Beastie Boys changed course when Adam MCA Yauch, who died on May 4, was diagnosed with cancer in 2009.
The Beastie Boys changed course when Adam MCA Yauch, who died on May 4, was diagnosed with cancer in 2009.
Famed hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys are mourning the loss of their brother-in-rhyme Adam 'MCA' Yauch, who died May 4 as a result of his battle with cancer.