/tags/beastie-boys Beastie Boys en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sun, 06 May 2012 16:40:00 GMT /2012-05-06/the-beastie-boys-gave-me-my-start-memories-of-adam-yauch Within the Beastie Boys and elsewhere — including his film company and humanitarian efforts — Adam Yauch often worked with friends or people who became close. Here, some of them remember the man and his influence. Sun, 06 May 2012 16:40:00 GMT /2012-05-06/the-beastie-boys-gave-me-my-start-memories-of-adam-yauch Nina Gregory /2012-05-05/how-adam-yauch-grew-into-his-voice Even when the group was at its silliest, Adam Yauch's low, hoarse voice made him seem like the most mature member of the Beastie Boys. Over a career that went in many unexpected directions, he'd earn the title. Sat, 05 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT /2012-05-05/how-adam-yauch-grew-into-his-voice Oliver Wang /2012-05-05/adam-yauch-gave-distinct-sound-to-genre-bending-band A famous trio has lost a founding member. Musician Adam "MCA" Yauch died Friday of cancer. Host Scott Simon has this remembrance of one of the founding members of The Beastie Boys, a band that helped make hip-hop mainstream. Sat, 05 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT /2012-05-05/adam-yauch-gave-distinct-sound-to-genre-bending-band Scott Simon /npr-news/2012-05-04/adam-yauch-co-founder-of-the-beastie-boys-dies The gruff-voiced rapper known as MCA was diagnosed with cancer in 2009. He died Friday in New York at the age of 47. Fri, 04 May 2012 18:42:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-05-04/adam-yauch-co-founder-of-the-beastie-boys-dies Daoud Tyler-Ameen /2012-04-05/rock-hall-inductees-offer-two-takes-on-new-york-attitude Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Laura Nyro and The Beastie Boys incorporated the multi-genre pulse of the Big Apple in different ways, but each with lasting results. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:01:00 GMT /2012-04-05/rock-hall-inductees-offer-two-takes-on-new-york-attitude David Barnett /2011-05-08/beastie-boys-raps-elder-statesmen-go-back-in-time The clown princes of hip-hop talk about their eighth album and its epic companion video, which finds them poking fun at their younger selves. Mon, 09 May 2011 04:00:00 GMT /2011-05-08/beastie-boys-raps-elder-statesmen-go-back-in-time NPR Staff