Cancer at 47. Bummer. Inb4 stupid Beastie Boy jokes and puns.
Gonna chug a beer for the guy tonight.
#2
CynicismKills
Sad news indeed. I grew to respect this group a lot more as I got older, really did a lot for the genre.
#3
Chippy
Fuck, man.
#4
Chippy
Seriously, this ruined my day. Shine on, MCA
#5
Gusto
#6
Ravenpoe
I don't normally get sad about celebrity deaths... but fuck.
#7
Charlie Don't Surf
He was a great musician and also a good movie producer. A lot of his company's films are on Netflix.
#8
Espy
Man. This is a real bummer. I spent so much of my youth loving and listening to them.
#9
fade
Word.
#10
sixpackshaker
A Yahoo! poster said that the Beastie Boys was his Jackie Robinson.
#11
Vagabond
Three years ago this video came out. I know I didn't take it seriously, because the Beastie Boys would be around making dope music until they were all in walkers. They just would.
What an accomplished career though. Go see your idols before it's too late.
#12
Charlie Don't Surf
Also, MCA was the director of many of the BB's iconic videos.
#13
fade
You can really see which of your facebook friends are Gen X today.
#14
Gryfter
Well fuck.
#15
Timmus
Sad day indeed. I always secretly wished Sabotage was an actual TV show.