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		⚫	{{Recent de last=Anderman \| title=From Beastie Boy to a man of the spirit \| date=August 26, 1998}}</ref> In high school, he taught himself to play the bass guitar, and formed Beastie Boys. They played their first show — then still a ] band in the vein of ] — on his 17th birthday, while still attending ] in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn. He attended ] for 2 years before dropping out. Two years later, when Yauch was 22, the Beastie Boys, now performing as a hip hop trio, released their first album '']'' on ].
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	'''Adam Nathaniel Yauch''' (pronounced {{IPA-en\|ˈjaʊk\|}}); (August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012<ref name=pf>{{cite web\|title=R.I.P. Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys\|url=http://www.pitchfork.com/news/46406-rip-adam-yauch-of-the-beastie-boys/\|work=]}}</ref>) was a founding member of ] trio the ]. He was frequently known by his stage name, '''MCA'''.

	==Early life==
⚫	~~Yauch was born an only child in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Frances and Noel Yauch, who is a painter and architect. His father was Catholic and his mother was Jewish.<ref>~~{{cite news\| url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/33391865.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+26%2C+1998&author=Joan+Anderman%2C+Globe+Correspondent&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=From+Beastie+Boy+to+a+man+of+the+spirit&pqatl=google \| work=Boston Globe \| first=Joan \| last=Anderman \| title=From Beastie Boy to a man of the spirit \| date=August 26, 1998}}</ref> In high school, he taught himself to play the bass guitar, and formed Beastie Boys. They played their first show — then still a ] band in the vein of ] — on his 17th birthday, while still attending ] in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn. He attended ] for 2 years before dropping out. Two years later, when Yauch was 22, the Beastie Boys, now performing as a hip hop trio, released their first album '']'' on ].

	==Career==		==Career==

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Template:Recent de last=Anderman</ref> In high school, he taught himself to play the bass guitar, and formed Beastie Boys. They played their first show — then still a hardcore punk band in the vein of Reagan Youth — on his 17th birthday, while still attending Edward R. Murrow High School in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn. He attended Bard College for 2 years before dropping out. Two years later, when Yauch was 22, the Beastie Boys, now performing as a hip hop trio, released their first album Licensed to Ill on Def Jam Records.

Career

Under the pseudonym "Nathanial Hörnblowér", Yauch directed many of the Beastie Boys' music videos. Yauch made his televised debut as Hörnblowér at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards as he stormed the stage in costume to protest after R.E.M. won the award for Best Direction over the Spike Jonze-directed Beastie Boys video "Sabotage". He also directed the 2006 Beastie Boys concert film Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!, though in the DVD extras for the film, the title character in "A Day in the Life of Nathanial Hörnblowér" is played by David Cross. He also directed the 2008 film Gunnin' For That #1 Spot about eight high school basketball prospects at the Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic at Rucker Park in Harlem, New York City.

In 2002, Yauch built a recording studio in NYC called Oscilloscope Laboratories and produced Build a Nation, the comeback album from hardcore/punk band Bad Brains. Oscilloscope Laboratories also distributed Adam Yauch's directorial film debut, basketball documentary Gunnin' For That #1 Spot (2008) as well as Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy (2008) and Oren Moverman’s The Messenger (2009).

The Beastie Boys had sold 40 million records worldwide by 2010. In 2012, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Yauch was inducted in absentia due to his illness, with his bandmates paying him warm tribute from the stage; a letter from Yauch was read to the crowd. Fellow inductees the Red Hot Chili Peppers dedicated their live performance to Yauch.

In 2011, Yauch received the Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters from Bard College, the college he attended for two years. The award is "given in recognition of a significant contribution to the American artistic or literary heritage."

Personal life

Yauch was a practicing Buddhist.

In 2009, Yauch was diagnosed and treated for a cancerous parotid gland and a lymph node and underwent surgery and radiation therapy delaying the group's album release and tour. Yauch became a vegan under the recommendation of his Tibetan doctors.

He and his wife had a daughter in 1998. Yauch died May 4, 2012.

References

"Nathanial Hornblower bio". oscilloscope.net.
"Academics | Bard College Catalogue". Bard.edu. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
Van Biema, David; McDowell, Jeanne (October 13, 1997). "Buddhism in American". Time MagazineTemplate:Inconsistent citations{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link).
Thomson, Katherine (July 20, 2009). "Beastie Boy Adam Yauch has 'very treatable' cancer". Associated Press. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
Yauch Announcement on YouTube
"Beastie Boy 'hopeful' over cancer". BBC News. October 8, 2009Template:Inconsistent citations{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link).
"Beastiemania — Who is Who- Dechen Wangdu". Retrieved February 15, 2012.

External links

Interviews

Interview in Shambhala Sun
Audio interview on the.LIFE Files
Interview on "Gunnin' For That #1 Spot" at IFC, June 2008

v t e Beastie Boys
Ad-Rock John Berry Mike D MCA Kate Schellenbach
Studio albums	Licensed to Ill Paul's Boutique Check Your Head Ill Communication Hello Nasty To the 5 Boroughs The Mix-Up Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
Compilations	Some Old Bullshit The In Sound from Way Out! Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science Solid Gold Hits Beastie Boys Music
EPs	Polly Wog Stew An Exciting Evening at Home with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego Pretzel Nugget Root Down Aglio e Olio Nasty Bits Scientists of Sound (The Blow Up Factor Vol. 1) The Mix-Up Bonus Tracks
Live musicians	Rick Rubin Doctor Dré DJ Hurricane Money Mark Eric Bobo Alfredo Ortiz Mix Master Mike
Associated acts	The Young and the Useless Dust Brothers Mario Caldato Jr. BS 2000 The Latch Brothers
Filmography	Beastie Boys Video Anthology Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! Fight for Your Right Revisited Beastie Boys Story
Related articles	Discography Songs Grand Royal The Beastles Oscilloscope Laboratories Simply Mortified
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