rip mca

Celebrate the life of Adam "MCA" Yauch in Union Square this Saturday.

In 2009, when the Beastie Boys had to cancel as the headliners, Jay-Z stepped in, starting with "No Sleep Till Brooklyn," and didn't change the line, "They call me Adam Yauch, but I'm MCA."

When news broke yesterday that Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch had died of cancer at the age of 47 the Internet pretty much shut down.

The inimitable Adam Yauch has passed beyond the curtain of mortality. Beastie Boys' management has issued a lengthy statement about his untimely death.