19645}}| birth_place = New York City, U.S.201248|5}}| death_place = New York City, U.S.Vocals|bass}}Hip hop music>rap rockhardcore punk>alternative hip hop}}Musiciansongwriter|filmmaker}}| years_active = 1979â€“2012| label =| past_member_of = Beastie Boysbeastieboys.com}}}}Adam Nathaniel Yauch ({{IPAc-en|j|aÊŠ|k}} {{respell|YOWK}}; August 5, 1964 â€“ May 4, 2012), also known by the stage name MCA,WEB, August 5, 2019, Adam Yauch: Why MCA Was The Renaissance Man Of Hip-Hop,www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/adam-yauch-mca-beastie-boys/, September 11, 2019, u discovermusic., was an American rapper, bassist, filmmaker and a founding member of the hip hop group Beastie Boys. Besides his musical work, he also directed many of the band’s music videos and did much of their promotional photography, often using the pseudonym Nathaniel HÃ¶rnblowÃ©r for such work.Yauch founded Oscilloscope Laboratories, an independent film production and distribution company based in New York City. As a Buddhist, he was involved in the Tibetan independence movement and organized the Tibetan Freedom Concert. He died in 2012 from parotid cancer,NEWS, May 4, 2012, Beastie Boys Co-Founder Adam Yauch Dead at 47, Rolling Stone,www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beastie-boys-co-founder-adam-yauch-dead-at-47-190083/, February 27, 2023, after which Beastie Boys disbanded.

Early life and education

Born in Brooklyn, New York City, Yauch was an only child. His father Noel was an architect,WEB, Noel Yauch Obituary from the New York Times, Legacy.com,www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/noel-yauch-obituary?pid=184110074, and his mother Frances was a social worker.{{citation|title=Adam Yauch Dies at 47; Beastie Boy Became Advocate for Tibet|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 4, 2012|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/adam-yauch-dies-at-47-beastie-boy/bc75e8598d8129c6da6b0dedbd4663cd|access-date=May 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508051942www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/adam-yauch-dies-at-47-beastie-boy/bc75e8598d8129c6da6b0dedbd4663cd|archive-date=May 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}MAGAZINE, Anthony DeCurtis,www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adam-yauch-on-his-spiritual-journey-i-dont-care-if-somebody-makes-fun-of-me-20120504,www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adam-yauch-on-his-spiritual-journey-i-dont-care-if-somebody-makes-fun-of-me-20120504," title="web.archive.org/web/20120505093440www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adam-yauch-on-his-spiritual-journey-i-dont-care-if-somebody-makes-fun-of-me-20120504,">web.archive.org/web/20120505093440www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adam-yauch-on-his-spiritual-journey-i-dont-care-if-somebody-makes-fun-of-me-20120504, dead, May 5, 2012, Adam Yauch on His Spiritual Journey: ‘I Don’t Care If Somebody Makes Fun of Me’, Rolling Stone, May 28, 1998, May 5, 2012, NEWS,www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2012/05/04/adam-mca-yauch-and-the-beastie-boys-hip-hop-pioneers/, Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch And The Beastie Boys: Hip-Hop Pioneers, O’Malley Greenburg, Zack, May 4, 2012, Forbes, May 7, 2012, NEWS,www.jewishjournal.com/thegodblog/item/beastie_boys_adam_yauch_jewish_legend_and_hip_hop_pioneer_has_died_20120504/, Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, Jewish legend and hip-hop pioneer, has died, A. Greenberg, Brad, May 4, 2012, Jewish Journal, May 7, 2012,www.jewishjournal.com/thegodblog/item/beastie_boys_adam_yauch_jewish_legend_and_hip_hop_pioneer_has_died_20120504/," title="web.archive.org/web/20161119184511www.jewishjournal.com/thegodblog/item/beastie_boys_adam_yauch_jewish_legend_and_hip_hop_pioneer_has_died_20120504/,">web.archive.org/web/20161119184511www.jewishjournal.com/thegodblog/item/beastie_boys_adam_yauch_jewish_legend_and_hip_hop_pioneer_has_died_20120504/, November 19, 2016, dead, Yauch’s mother was Jewish and his father Catholic, but he had a non-religious upbringing in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn.Yauch attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood. In high school, he taught himself to play the bass guitar and formed Beastie Boys from hardcore punk band, Young Aborigines, with John Berry, Kate Schellenbach, and Michael Diamond.NEWS,content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2012/05/beastie-boys-adam-yauch-dies-at-age-47/1, Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch dies at age 47, USA Today, May 5, 2012, May 4, 2012, They played their first showâ€”while still a hardcore punk band in the vein of Reagan Youthâ€”on his 17th birthday. He attended Bard College for two years before dropping out.His stage name, MCA, is an initialism for “Master of Ceremonies Adam.“WEB, Tom Robinson’s answer to Why did the Beastie Boys Adam Yauch make his rap name MCA? - Quora,www.quora.com/Why-did-the-Beastie-Boys-Adam-Yauch-make-his-rap-name-MCA/answer/Tom-Robinson-110, 2021-08-06, www.quora.com, WEB, Todd Gardiner’s answer to What did the owners of MCA Records, past and present, think of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch using their company’s name, MCA for his stage name? - Quora,www.quora.com/What-did-the-owners-of-MCA-Records-past-and-present-think-of-Beastie-Boy-Adam-Yauch-using-their-companys-name-MCA-for-his-stage-name/answer/Todd-Gardiner, 2021-08-06, www.quora.com, WEB, Luke Hellwyck’s answer to How did the MCA of Beastie Boys get his name? - Quora,www.quora.com/How-did-the-MCA-of-Beastie-Boys-get-his-name/answer/Luke-Hellwyck, 2021-08-06, www.quora.com,

Beastie Boys

{{more|Beastie Boys}}(File:Beastie Boys 2009 (6184423405).jpg|left|thumb|Yauch (center) with the Beastie Boys in 2009)Beastie Boys, a hip-hop trio, released their first album Licensed to Ill on Def Jam Records when Yauch was 22. He directed many of Beastie Boys’ music videos, often under the pseudonym Nathanial HÃ¶rnblowÃ©r.WEB,www.oscilloscope.net/bios/bio_hornblower.html, Nathanial Hornblower bio, oscilloscope.net, In 2002, Yauch constructed a recording studio in New York City called Oscilloscope Laboratories. He began an independent film distributing company called Oscilloscope Pictures.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/movies/09yauc.html, Offstage, a Beastie Boy Enters the World of Independent Film, Melena, Ryzik, The New York Times, September 8, 2008, May 4, 2012, He directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That!Beastie Boys had sold 40 million records worldwide by 2010.NEWS,www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2012/05/04/simmons_adam_yauch_of_the_beastie_boys_dead_at_47/, Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47, Boston.com, May 2, 2008, May 4, 2012, Jake, Coyle, In April 2012, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Yauch was inducted in absentia due to his illness.MAGAZINE, Gray, Madison,entertainment.time.com/2012/05/04/adam-yauch-mca-of-the-beastie-boys-dies-after-cancer-battle/, Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys, Dies After Cancer Complications, Time (magazine), Time, May 4, 2012, May 4, 2012, His bandmates paid tribute to him; a letter from Yauch was read to the audience.WEB,lfpress.com/entertainment/music/2012/04/15/19634311.html, Yauch misses Hall of Fame ceremony, London Free Press, May 4, 2012,www.lfpress.com/entertainment/music/2012/04/15/19634311.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120508024611www.lfpress.com/entertainment/music/2012/04/15/19634311.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120508024611www.lfpress.com/entertainment/music/2012/04/15/19634311.html, May 8, 2012, dead, In 2011, Yauch received the Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters from Bard College, the college he attended for two years. The award is “given in recognition of a significant contribution to the American artistic or literary heritage”.WEB,www.bard.edu/catalogue/index.php?aid=10819&sid=669146, Academics â€“ Bard College Catalogue, Bard College, May 4, 2012,

Other independent work

He directed the 2008 film Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot about eight high school basketball prospects at the Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic at Rucker Park in Harlem, New York City.Yauch produced Build a Nation (2007), the comeback album from hardcore/punk band Bad Brains. When Bad Brains released Into the Future (2012), the band dedicated the album to Yauch, their longtime friend and backer, who had died several months previously.NEWS, Eric R. Danton,www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bad-brains-dedicate-new-record-to-adam-yauch-237986/?sub_action=logged_in, Bad Brains Dedicate New Record to Adam Yauch, Rolling Stone, November 20, 2012, April 12, 2022, In addition, Oscilloscope Laboratories also distributed Kelly Reichardt’s Wendy and Lucy (2008), Oren Moverman’s The Messenger (2009),NEWS, Rafer Guzman,www.newsday.com/entertainment/pet-rock-1.811972/beastie-boys-rapper-adam-yauch-dead-at-47-1.3699038, Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch dead at 47, Newsday.com, May 4, 2012, and Lynne Ramsay’s We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011).

Personal life and views

(File:Mca 1992 (7152517067) (cropped) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Yauch in 1992)Yauch was a practicing Buddhist.MAGAZINE,www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987164,00.html,www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987164,00.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20081122172114www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987164,00.html,">web.archive.org/web/20081122172114www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,987164,00.html, dead, November 22, 2008, Time, October 13, 1997, Buddhism in America, David, Van Biema, Jeanne, McDowell, He became an important voice in the Tibetan independence movement,NEWS,www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/04/adam-yauch-dead-tibet_n_1478359.html, Adam Yauch Of Beastie Boys Remembered For Tibetan Activism, Freedom Concerts, The Huffington Post, Eleanor, Goldberg, May 4, 2012, WEB,www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tibet/interviews/yauch.html, Frontline: Online Interview with Adam Yauch, Frontline (U.S. TV series), Frontline, creating the Milarepa Fund, a nonprofit organization devoted to Tibetan independence and organized several benefit concerts to support the cause, including the Tibetan Freedom Concert.WEB,www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibet+supporter+Yauch+of+Beastie+Boys+fights+with+cancer&id=25182, Tibet supporter Yauch of Beastie Boys fights with cancer, www.phayul.com, July 21, 2009, May 4, 2012, July 31, 2013,www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibet+supporter+Yauch+of+Beastie+Boys+fights+with+cancer&id=25182," title="web.archive.org/web/20130731190916www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibet+supporter+Yauch+of+Beastie+Boys+fights+with+cancer&id=25182,">web.archive.org/web/20130731190916www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibet+supporter+Yauch+of+Beastie+Boys+fights+with+cancer&id=25182, dead, In 1995, while attending a speech by the Dalai Lama at Harvard University, he met his wife, Tibetan American Dechen Wangdu. They married in 1998 and had a daughter the same year.WEB,blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/155827/adam-yauch-feminist-ally/, Adam Yauch, Feminist Ally - Sisterhood, Seltzer, Sarah, May 4, 2012, The Forward, November 10, 2015, Tibet Sun: “The union between Adam Yauch and Dechen Wangdu: a look back” from the International Business Times May 5, 2012In 1998, during the MTV Video Music Awards, when receiving the Video Vanguard Award, Yauch condemned America’s wars in Muslim countries and prejudice against Muslims and Arabswww.mtv.com/news/jz7dgt/wyclef-and-yauch-defend-muslims-haitians-at-awards-show

Illness, death and legacy

(File:Adam Yauch 1.jpg|left|thumb|Yauch in 2007)In July 2009, Yauch was diagnosed with a cancerous parotid gland and lymph node. He underwent surgery and radiation therapy, delaying the release of Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1 until 2011 (when it was renamed to Hot Sauce Committee Part Two) and canceling the trio’s planned tour.NEWS,www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/20/beastie-boy-adam-yauch-ha_2_n_241325.html, Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has ‘very treatable.’ cancer, July 20, 2009, Associated Press, January 11, 2012, Katherine, Thomson, Huffington Post,www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/20/beastie-boy-adam-yauch-ha_2_n_241325.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120326012730www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/20/beastie-boy-adam-yauch-ha_2_n_241325.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120326012730www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/20/beastie-boy-adam-yauch-ha_2_n_241325.html, March 26, 2012, dead, {{YouTube|u7CH3M7cECI|Yauch Announcement}} He was unable to appear in music videos for the album. At the time, Yauch described the cancer as “very treatable”.WEB,www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j3PVFQybkQNQLZ-TdbhC9K60huQA?docId=a84b1c66db6143409c50bdc12d7f18cd, The Associated Press: Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47, May 4, 2012, Yauch died in New York City at age 47 on May 4, 2012. In his last will and testament, Yauch left instructions that his music could not be used in advertising, though the legal validity of such an instruction has been questioned.WEB,www.forbes.com/sites/deborahljacobs/2012/08/13/part-of-beastie-boy-adam-yauchs-will-banning-use-of-music-in-ads-may-not-be-valid/, Yauch’s Will, Banning Use Of Music In Ads, May Not Be Valid, Forbes, August 13, 2012, August 13, 2012, Goffe, Wendy, On May 3, 2013, ceremonies were held to rename the Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn Heights to Adam Yauch Park.NEWS,www.nme.com/news/music/beastie-boys-2-39-1265541?amp, Brooklyn playground named after Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch NME May 1, 2013, Nme.com, May 1, 2013, December 4, 2013, {{clear}}

Discography

with Beastie Boys

References

External links

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Interviews

Interview {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604102319www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2106&Itemid=0 |date=June 4, 2012 }} in Shambhala Sun
www.thelifefiles.com/thelife-sports-adam-mca-yauch-of-the-beastie-boys-talks-basketball/" title="web.archive.org/web/20090529052847www.thelifefiles.com/thelife-sports-adam-mca-yauch-of-the-beastie-boys-talks-basketball/">Audio interview on the.LIFE Files
www.ifc.com/film/film-news/2008/06/adam-yauch-on-gunnin-for-that.php" title="web.archive.org/web/20080629054750www.ifc.com/film/film-news/2008/06/adam-yauch-on-gunnin-for-that.php">Interview on “Gunnin’ For That 1 Spot” at IFC, June 2008

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