On May 4th, the one year passing of Adam “MCA” Yauch, Palmetto Playground, a small Brooklyn Park located close to his childhood home, was renamed Adam Yauch Park. Below is a transcript of Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz speech, given just before the unveiling of the park’s new, renamed plaque. “Seeing Marty Markowitz rap – it was [cont.]

Back at the All Points West music festival in Jersey City in 2009, the Beastie Boys were forced to pull out of their headlining performance. Adam Yauch had just announced that he’d been diagnosed with cancer. Jay-Z stepped up to fill in and dedicated his entire performance to Yauch. Here is his cover of “No [cont.]

During their performance at The Hollywood Bowl last night, Chris Martin paid tribute to Adam Yauch aka MCA, in honor of his passing, by covering The Beastie Boys’ “Fight For Your Right To Party” in the Coldplay style.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, the man known on the mic as MCA – Adam Yauch – gave an update on his recent cancer diagnosis, as well as plans for the long-delayed Beastie Boys LP, Hot Sauce Committee Vol. One. Yauch underwent surgery and treatment for a salivary gland tumor last year, but [cont.]