Brooklyn, New York City Rapper Adam Yauch has died after
battling cancer for the last 3 years. His work with The Beastie Boys starting
out as a hardcore punk band with albums like "Polly Wog Stew" that evolved into
hip hop with a slew of hits such as "License to Ill", "Paul's
Boutique," "Check Your Head" "Ill Communication, and "Hello
Nasty”. Last month the Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame.
But Adam was much more than a performer, he devoted time,
energy, to fundraising efforts for such causes as freeing Tibet and
environmental issues. He put together a series of concerts, for Tibetan
Independence known as “The Tibetan Freedom Concerts” against Chinese
oppression, as well as forming a successful motion pictures production company
Oscilloscope Pictures.
