IMPORTANT DAYS IN BBOYS HISTORY:

BIRTHDAYS

-Adam Yauch/MCA birthday - August 5, 1964.

-Michael Diamond/Mike D birthday - November 20, 1965.

-Adam Horovitz/Ad-Rock birthday - October 31, 1966.

ALBUM RELEASES

-Licensed to Ill - November 15, 1986.

-Paul's Boutique - July 25, 1989.

-Check Your Head - April 21, 1992.

-Ill Communication - May 31, 1994.

-Hello Nasty - July 14, 1998.

-To The 5 Boroughs - June 14, 2004.

-The Mix-Up - June 26, 2007.

-Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 - April 27, 2011.

TOUR YEARS

-The Virgin Tour (supporting Madonna) - 1985

-Raising Hell Tour (supporting Run-D.M.C.) - 1986

-Liscensed to Ill tour (with Public Enemy) - 1987

-Together Forever Tour (with Run-D.M.C.) - 1987

-Check Your Head Tour (with Cypress Hill, Rollins Band, Firehose, and Basehead) - 1992

-Lollapalooza - 1994

-Ill Communication Tour - 1994-95

-In the Round Tour (with A Tribe Called Quest and Money Mark) - 1998-99

-To the 5 Boroughs Tour - 2004

-The Mix Up Tour - 2007-08

Sunday marked 12 years without Adam Nathaniel Yauch, better known as MCA.

On May 4th, 2012, at 47 years old, Adam passed away after a 3 year battle with parotid cancer. The hip-hop world was shaken.

Adam was a rapper, bassist, filmmaker, and most importantly a founding member of the Beastie Boys. Yauch was the humblest man who ever lived, and dedicated his life to helping others, including when he founded the Tibetan Freedom Concert, including acts like Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Fugees, and many more.

Adam was a practicing Buddhist, and in 1998, during the MTV Video Music Awards, when receiving the Video Vanguard Award, Yauch condemned America's wars in Muslim countries and prejudice against Muslims and Arabs.

Needless to say, Adam was a master at his work, and changed the music world forever.

R.I.P. MCA 1964 - 2012

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