Beastie Boys Rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch Dead at 47

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The Beastie Boys have lost a brother.
Adam Yauch, aka MCA, has died after a battle with cancer at age 47. The sad news was broken by longtime friend Russell Simmons, who was the mentor and first manager of the rap-rock trio and whose Def Jam label launched their 1984 breakthrough album, Licensed to Ill.
The rapper, who had announced in January 2011 that he was disease-free and feeling "healthy, strong and hopeful" after two years of treatment, had raised concerns of late when he announced he would be skipping the Beasties' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month due to an unspecified illness.
He was diagnosed with a a cancerous tumor in his parotid gland in 2009.

My Ipod is about to be Beastied out

[Mutant Couch]

I'm actually sad about this one.

[Burke]

"My name is MCA, I got a license to kill, you know what time it is, it's time to get ill."

Licensed to Ill, Paul's Boutique and Check Your Head are all classic albums. And I remember hearing a song with the Beastie Boys and Nas a year or two ago and thinking MCA must have fully recovered and they were making a comeback.

This is sad news. RIP.