Beastie Boys Co-Founder Adam Yauch Dead at 47

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Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, GWOP Magazine has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA, had been in treatment for cancer since 2009. The rapper was diagnosed in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his salivary gland.

Yauch co-founded the Beastie Boys with Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horowitz in 1979. The band started off as a hardcore punk group, but soon began experimenting with hip-hop. The band broke big with their first proper album, Licensed to Ill, in 1986, and further albums Paul’s Boutique, Check Your Head and Ill Communication cemented the band as a true legendary Hip Hop music group.