RIP ‘Beastie Boys’ MCA Adam Yauch Dead at 47

Global Grind has reported that MCA, real name Adam Yauch from the “Beastie Boys” has died. TMZ has also confirmed this.

From TMZ – In 2009, MCA announced he was being treated for a cancerous parotid gland and a lymph node. He has since undergone surgery and radiation therapy.

So far, it’s not clear if the death is related to the rapper’s battle with cancer.

Yauch co-founded Beastie Boys in 1979 with Mike D, Mix Master Mike, and Ad Roc. The group has won multiple Grammys.

Yauch became a vegan at the recommendation of his Tibetan doctors.

Yauch is survived by his wife and daughter. He was 47.

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