Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Dies

Multiple media outlets are reporting the death of Beastie Boys co-founder Adam Yauch. He was 47.

Russell Simmons’ Def Jam label released the Beastie Boys’ first album, Licensed to Ill.

Yauch, who was also known as MCA, was diagnosed with a cancerous parotid gland in 2009 and was unable to attend the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony in April, posting to his website that he was undergoing treatment and hoping to be cancer free.

The group was part of the 2012 Hall of Fame inductees, the third hip-hop group to be inducted.

He leaves a wife and daughter.