Beastie Boys rapper Adam 'MCA' Yauch dies at 47
Just weeks after the New York hip-hop group was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch has died at the age of 47.
Adam Yauch, the gravel-voiced co-founder of Grammy-winning hip-hop giants the Beastie Boys, died Friday after a three-year battle with cancer, the band's publicists said.