Adam Yauch

Husky-voiced, witty member of the hip-hop trio the Beastie BoysIn his late teens, Adam Yauch - "MCA" of the Beastie Boys – did not look the type to be an effective rapper. Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC suspected when they met for the first time that he might be an actor put up by the TV show Candid Camera. How else could he account for a white performer who, along with his bandmates Mike "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, coupled the carefree character of punk with the clownish one-up...

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