OH MY GOD!!!!

[cj hood]

is a Tribe Called Quest track.

[M|X|Y]

and a good one.

[cj hood]

....

[Darko]

:(

[cj hood]

i wanted to be more subtle than spaceman....i got the text at 12:15. i swore i wouldn't say anything.....


RIP Adam....you're my hero bro!

[cj hood]

this is beyone surreal....it won't hit me for a while....outside my family, the Beasties have been my life for the past 27 years....God bless his family.

[cj hood]

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ADAM YAUCH 1964-2012
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It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam "MCA" Yauch, founding member of Beastie Boys and also of the Milarepa Foundation that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and film production and distribution company*Oscilloscope Laboratories,*passed away in his native New York City this morning after a near-three-year battle with cancer. He was 47 years old.
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, Yauch taught himself to play bass in high school, forming a band for his 17th birthday party that would later become known the world over as Beastie Boys.
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With fellow members Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Adrock" Horovitz, Beastie Boys would go on to sell over 40 million records, release*four #1 albums--including*the first hip hop album ever to top the Billboard 200, the band's*1986 debut full length, Licensed To Ill--win three Grammys, and the MTV*Video Vanguard Lifetime Achievement award. Last month Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with Diamond and Horovitz reading an acceptance speech on behalf of Yauch, who was unable to attend.
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In addition to his hand in creating such historic Beastie Boys albums as Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication, Hello Nasty and more, Yauch was a founder of*the Milarepa Fund, a*non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness and *activism regarding the injustices perpetrated on native Tibetans by*Chinese occupational government and military forces. *In 1996, Milarepa produced the first Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, which was attended by 100,000 people, making it the biggest benefit concert on U.S. soil since 1985's Live Aid. The Tibetan Freedom Concert series*would continue to*stage some of the most significant benefit shows in the world for nearly a decade following in New York City, Washington DC, Tokyo, Sydney, Amsterdam, Taipei and other cities.
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In the wake of September 11, 2001, Milarepa organized New Yorkers Against Violence, a*benefit headlined by Beastie Boys at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, with net*proceeds *disbursed to the New York Women's*Foundation Disaster Relief Fund and the New York Association for New*Americans (NYANA) September 11th Fund for New*Americans--each chosen for their efforts on behalf of*9/11 victims least likely to receive help*from other sources.
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Under the alias of Nathanial Hörnblowér,*Yauch directed iconic Beastie Boys videos including**"So Whatcha Want,"*"Intergalactic," "Body Movin" and "Ch-Check It Out." Under his own name, Yauch directed last year's Fight For Your Right Revisited, an extended video for "Make Some Noise" from Beastie Boys' Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, starring Elijah Wood, Danny McBride and Seth Rogen as the 1986 Beastie Boys, making their way through a half hour of cameo-studded misadventures before squaring off against*Jack Black,*Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as Beastie Boys of the future.
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Yauch's passion and talent for filmmaking led to his founding of Oscilloscope Laboratories, which in 2008 released his*directorial film debut, the basketball documentary Gunnin' For That #1 Spot and has since become a major force in independent video distribution, amassing a catalogue of such acclaimed titles as Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy,**Oren Moverman's The Messenger, *Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop, Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze's Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak, and many more.
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Yauch is survived by his wife Dechen and his daughter Tenzin Losel, as well as his parents Frances and Noel Yauch.
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[cAm]

this is beyone surreal....it won't hit me for a while....outside my family, the Beasties have been my life for the past 27 years....God bless his family.

this is unreal...R.I.P. Adam and thanks for everything.
God Bless his family.

[cj hood]

Yauch getting love from DeLa, QTip, Whodini...sports heads...everyone!!!! #alllifestyles
chris rock, jim norton, jimmy fallon, henry winkler

[abbott]

Nothing but love

[Burnout18]

Yauch getting love from DeLa, QTip, Whodini...sports heads...everyone!!!! #alllifestyles
chris rock, jim norton, jimmy fallon, henry winkler

Senator chuck schumer was the biggest surprise tweet for me.

[pm0ney]

Followed by Mayor Bloomberg. Wow. (y)

[M.C. Guevera]

Mike Bloomberg tweeted too. So did WWE wrestlers CM Punk and The Bella Twins.

EDIT: Colin Hanks, Mandy Moore and Olivia Munn tweeted their condolences.

[pm0ney]

Yeah, Twitter exploded with MCA love and support. Was very, very moving to see.

[cj hood]

Tenacious D is gonna rock the inflatable penis in homage.

[M.C. Guevera]

I think CM Punk's tweet sums it up:

CM Punk ‏
MCA. Everybody is a Beastie Boys fan. That's hard to do. A great life.

[cj hood]

MTV Jams is playing all Bboy vids with RIP on screen

[M.C. Guevera]

I wonder...if one of the reasons Yauch never talked much about his illness was so that we wouldn't worry too much and stay positive?

[Next of Kin]

Its been years since i walked these message boards, so i figured it would be in your thread CJ... Rest in peace MC Adam Yauch.

Namaste

Next of Kin

[Laver1969]

Can't sleep. Found this in another thread.

Adam's mother, France Yauch spoke this afternoon to the New York Times,

Mr. Yauch’s mother said he died at 9 a.m. on Friday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan with his parents, his in-laws, his wife, Dechen Wangdu, and his 13-year-old daughter, Tenzin Losel Yauch, at his bedside. He had been admitted to the hospital on April 14 after a three-year battle with cancer of the salivary gland. He was conscious until the end.

“He was a very courageous person,” his mother, Frances Yauch, said. “He fought a long battle with cancer. He was hopeful to the very end.”

Mrs. Yauch said had been undergoing chemotherapy this spring, but his health deteriorated rapidly over the last two weeks. “It all just seemed to happen overnight,” she said. She added: “He was a terrific guy and had a brief but really wonderful life. We are really proud of him.”

Read more: http://globalgrind.com/news/adam-yau...#ixzz1ty4Cbla9

[Turchinator]

I woke up at 5:30 AM pacific time and couldn't get back to sleep. something wasn't right. my wife asked me if I was having bad dreams. it wasn't that.

I got up to go to the internet and everything was normal on fb, bbmb, etc...
but still I was frustrated that I couldn't sleep. I tried laying down again and at 7:00 AM received a text that was a funny beastie boys related inside joke from a good friend I made on this message board. the news still had not broke yet. I finally got to sleep around 8 AM and was able to sleep in until past 11:00 having nothing to do work related.

I woke up very groggy and went to the computer. I saw the letters "MCA" all over my news feed and knew what I had already prepared for. I can't believe it, and I honestly feel like some sort of universal vibe of interconnectedness was felt by fans, friends, and family of Adam Yauch.

I smoked pot on 4/20 after going on a weed hiatus for a couple of months. but it just made me sad for Adam. I was cranking Long Burn The Fire in my car, driving around after the Mike D Art thing.

I started fucking bawling like a baby. I kept reaching out to MCA, crying the word "FIGHT!" out loud in my car and just letting it all out. I truly mourned that night as I felt this was on the horizon. I really don't know any other words to describe how it felt.

I am thankful for his words, his vision, his music, his focus, his humor, his legacy, and for the community that he and his bandmates spawned.

I met him four times. he was the most humble, genuine, down to earth, god awful nicest person you could ever meet.

this is really hard. cranking "I Don't Know" really got me tonight.

So On I Go...

[cj hood]

I blasted LTI thru the streets, my wife kept telling me she was sorry, my daughter told me 'she was sorry about my rapper friend', exchanged texts, made some calls, got drunk & passed out. And now the emptiness is back....

[fonky pizza]

OH MY GOD!!!:(:(:(

[cj hood]

I've gotten more condolences in the past 24 hrs than when my grandfather died. I just got an email from a guy I haven't talked to in 10 years:

I was just thinking about you because of Adam Yauch.* I know he wasn't family, but I know how much the Beastie Boys meant to you.

It's bizarre...every time I want to get emotional I feel guilty cuz I know his wife, daughter & parents are hurting more than any of us...

But I think it's extra tough cuz Yauch was the only one who came here to talk to us....

[beasties#1fan]

I've gotten more condolences in the past 24 hrs than when my grandfather died. I just got an email from a guy I haven't talked to in 10 years:

I was just thinking about you because of Adam Yauch.* I know he wasn't family, but I know how much the Beastie Boys meant to you.

It's bizarre...every time I want to get emotional I feel guilty cuz I know his wife, daughter & parents are hurting more than any of us...

But I think it's extra tough cuz Yauch was the only one who came here to talk to us....
I seriously agree with every word you just said....
its amazing who has contacted me as well. It means that we feel so strongly about the beasties, that other people know how much they mean to us...
But i cant even begin to imagine how his family, adn brothers are doing.

[benchillin]

ive benposting so much yauch stuff on my FB page I now have 33 new beastie boys friends from all over the world

[benchillin]

oh and got bumped up to admin on a fan page ::eek: