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TMZ
| 1 year ago
Beastie Boys of stealing its artist's music on 2 of their biggest albums ... and it filed the suit just hours before MCA passed away...TufAmerica claims MCA, Mike D and Ad-Rock ripped off the '80s band Trouble Funk ... and illegally sampled their...
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Popeater
| 1 year ago
Today in really unfortunate timing: The Beastie Boys have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit over samples used on Licensed to Ill and Paul's Boutique . The suit was filed on May 3, the day before Adam "MCA" Yauch passed away.
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Freshness Mag
| 1 year ago
To hundreds of thousands of fans and artists around the globe, the impact and legacy that he has left on the music industry is now also a source of comfort and celebration in remembrance of a talented, giving, and fun-loving guy. Dante Ross , who...
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Hollywood Reporter Music
| 1 year ago
PDT 5/8/2012 by Eriq Gardner share Getty Images Talk about ill timing: Just one day before Adam Yauch died, he and other members of the Beastie Boys were sued for illegally samping music. our editor recommends The claims are made in a federal lawsuit...
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Efron Freak
| 1 year ago
It's only been a few days since Adam MCA Yauch s sad, premature death from cancer, but the tributes are already rolling in fast and furious. This supercut of his opening lines from every Beastie Boys song is a particularly neat one. On this newly...
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The Huffington Post
| 1 year ago
Read more share this story Adam Yauch, who recently passed away after a battle with cancer, has left quite a legacy of influence. Over the years the Beastie Boys music went from making testosterone-induced party anthems to songs with themes regarding...
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The Huffington Post
| 1 year ago
Read more share this story Adam "MCA" Yauch touched more lives than he may have ever known. In his 47 years on this planet, he and his two friends, Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz, a.k.a. the Beastie Boys, did more to shape the world's musical...
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Celebrity Gossip
| 1 year ago
Looking forward to an enchanted evening, Milla Jovovich was spotted at the 2012 Met Ball in New York City last night (May 7). The Resident Evil actress was absolutely fabulous in a sleeveless red and black gown as she made her way inside the...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Adam Yauch performing with the Beastie Boys in 2004 at London's Wembley Arena...Quinton/WireImage As is only right for a man who packed such diversity into less than half a century, it is impossible to choose just one detail from the career of the...
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ExpoSay
| 1 year ago
Beastie Boys have been hit with a lawsuit just days after the death of bandmember Adam Yauch...Tuf America claims to have completed a sound analysis of the four tracks before filing the lawsuit, which also names Beastie Boys' label Capitol Records as...
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The Huffington Post
| 1 year ago
Read more share this story As music fans, we may have many favorite bands during a lifetime...But when the smoke clears, there's usually one band you can look back on and think "these guys raised me, they remained the definition of cool throughout...
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Tech Dirt
| 1 year ago
When we reported the unfortunate news of Adam "MCA" Yauch's death, we pointed to the EFF's call for an appropriate tribute to the beloved artist: an end to the legal war on sampling . The Beastie Boys produced some of the earliest sample-based...
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Starpulse
| 1 year ago
35am EDT Add to My News Comment Legendary Hip-hop group the Beastie Boys are facing a new copyright lawsuit just days after the death of band member Adam Yauch . The New Style, Car Thief, Shadrach , and Hold It, Now Hit It . Tuf America chiefs are...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Coldplay are among the acts to have paid tribute to the Beastie Boys ' Adam Yauch. At a gig at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, singer Chris Martin performed a version of (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) as a piano ballad. At the end of...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch: The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years Two days after the death of bandmate Adam "MCA" Yauch, Beastie Boys rapper Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, with whom Yauch ...
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The Huffington Post
| 1 year ago
Read more share this story All weekend I've been thinking about the late great MCA, Adam Yauch, member of The Beastie Boys. I traveled through Brooklyn and thought of him, a Brooklyn boy raised in the still unhipped neighborhood of Midwood. I thought...
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Freshness Mag
| 1 year ago
May 7th, 2012 Adam Yauch, hip-hop pioneer and cofounder of the Beastie Boys , died last Friday after a two-year battle with cancer. Operating under the pseudonym MCA, Yauch and the boys evolved from hard partying knuckleheads to snowboarding Buddhist...
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PRWeb
| 1 year ago
May 07, 2012 After a three-year battle with salivary gland cancer, Beastie Boys co-founder, Adam Yauch, also known as MCA, has died at the age of 47. Yauch was diagnosed in 2009 after his doctors discovered a tumor in his salivary gland. Last year,...
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Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
| 1 year ago
According to a yeshiva urban legend, two of the founding members of the Beastie Boys had attended The Marsha Stern Talmudic Academy in upper Manhattan. Some MTA students even claimed to know where the hip-hop pioneers had tagged the school with their...
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Freshness Mag
| 1 year ago
May 4th, 2012 Photo by Getty Something quite implausible came across the news wire about three hours ago. However, its confirmed that Adam Yauch, founding member of the Beastie Boys , passed away early today after a brave 3-year battle with cancer...
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Celebritology
| 1 year ago
If you're a hip-hop music fan, but especially a Gen X hip-hop music fan, this is terribly sad news. View Photo Gallery :Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper who co-founded the seminal hip-hop group, has died at age 47. MCA and his...
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Disinfo.com
| 1 year ago
One of our heroes, Adam Yauch aka MCA of the Beastie Boys, passed away this morning after a long bout with cancer. Yauch was a member of the groundbreaking, incredibly innovative and creative group, The Beastie Boys, with his two friends, Mike D and...
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I Need My Fix
| 1 year ago
04 pm by Anne One of the founding members of rap band Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch (also known as MCA) has lost his battle with cancer at the young age of 47. He was diagnosed in 2009 with cancerous parotid gland and a lymph node where he underwent...
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Celebrity VIP Lounge
| 1 year ago
54 pm Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch , otherwise known as MCA, has passed away at the age of 47. Yauch is said to have been battling cancer since 2009 when a tumor was found in a salivary gland. Yauch was one of the co-founding members of the Beastie Boys,...
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Rap-Up
| 1 year ago
The untimely death of Adam Yauch sent shockwaves through the hip-hop community and beyond. As a founding member of the pioneering group the Beastie Boys, MCA helped paved the way for many of today's artists. Some of his peers and those he inspired...
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CNN Blog
| 1 year ago
Adam "MCA" Yauch, a member of the legendary New York rap trio Beastie Boys, has died, Rolling Stone magazine reported Friday afternoon. Yauch (pictured) revealed in July 2009 that he had surgery for a cancer in a salivary gland and a lymph node.
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WPVI
| 1 year ago
A friend close to Yauch's management confirmed the death with ABC News, OnTheRedCarpet.com's parent company. Yauch was a founding member of the hip-hop trio Beastie Boys, which consists of Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch and Adam Horovitz, formed in the...
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Pop Crunch
| 1 year ago
MCA, co-founded the rap group with Mike D, and Ad Rock in 1979, had been battling cancer since 2009. There is no official word yet on whether his death was as a result of his cancer. Adam was also forced to miss the groups introduction into the Rock...
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Just Jared
| 1 year ago
42 pm Adam Yauch , founder of the hip hop trio, The Beastie Boys , has died...The rapper, known to fans as MCA, passed away Friday morning (May 4) after a long bout with cancer, Global Grind reported. Adam was incredibly sweet and the most sensitive...
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The Huffington Post
| 1 year ago
otherwise known as MCA -- has passed away at the age of 47 . Yauch revealed that he had cancer in a salivary gland in his neck in July 2009. Yauch was one of the founding members of hip-hop trio The Beastie Boys, along with his friends Michael...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Beastie Boys star Adam Yauch dies aged 48 Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has died at the age of 48, Rolling Stone Magazine has reported . The star was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 but it is not clear whether his death was connected with the illness.
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Adam Yauch, a founding member of the Beastie Boys, passed away at age 47 after a years-long battle with cancer. According to Russel Simmons' website Global Grind and gossip site TMZ , Beastie Boys rapper MCA, whose real name was Adam Yauch, has...
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Celebuzz
| 1 year ago
Adam Yauch , aka MCA from the popular rap group Beastie Boys , has passed away at the age of 47, TMZ is reporting. In 2009, the rapper was treated for a cancerous parotid gland and a lymph node, but after surgery and radiation, it appeared as though...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
One of the founding members of hip hop trio the Beastie Boys Adam Yauch died today aged 47. Yauch, known in the Beastie Boys by his stage name MCA, announced in 2009 that he was being treated for a cancerous parotid gland and lymph node, however, it...
