Biography:Best known by his stage name, MCA, Yauch was one of the founders of the hip hop group, Beastie Boys, along with Mike D and Adam Horovitz.
They are Billboard's best-selling rap group ever, releasing albums from 1986 until Yauch's early death from cancer in 2012. The band disbanded out of respect to Yauch.
Yauch also occasionally used the pseudonym Nathanial Hörnblowér.
Born: August 5, 1964 Birthplace:Brooklyn, New York, USA
1998-05-31 American "Beastie Boys" rapper Adam Yauch (33) weds daughter of prominent Tibetan activists Dechen Wangdu in New York
Historical Events
1986-11-15 Beastie Boys release their debut album "Licensed to Ill" - 1st No. 1 rap album on Billboard charts
2012-04-14 Beastie Boys inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Adam Yauch too ill to attend
2012-04-14 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Beastie Boys; Donovan; Guns N' Roses; Laura Nyro; The Red Hot Chili Peppers; The (Small) Faces; The Blue Caps; The Comets; The Crickets; The Famous Flames; The Midnighters; The Miracles; Freddie King; Don Kirshner; Tom Dowd; Glyn Johns; and Cosimo Matassa
2013-05-03 The Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn is renamed after Beastie Boys' rapper Adam Yauch
David Lee Roth
Jim Morrison
Jimmy Page
Lisa Marie Presley
Mike Dirnt
Tommy Lee