In the latest Jewish celebrity, entertainment and viral news: MCA’s will bans using his work for advertising purposes, porn star James Deen does a PSA for safe sex and a backpack firm perhaps goes a bit too far in an ad campaign in Israel. More ▸
It’s been a little over three months since Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch, better known as MCA, passed away at age 47 from salivary cancer. Yauch passed away only a few days after the Beastie Boys, the groundbreaking rap group he co-founded with rappers Ad-Rock (Adam Horovitz) and Mike D (Michael Diamond), was inducted into… More ▸
According to the creator, James Winters, he worked on it with his family all week long as a tribute to MCA. My favorite part is the fake mustache. Anything with fake mustache is automatically more hilarious. Beastie Boys – Sabotage / MCA tribute from James Winters on Vimeo. More ▸
Apparently the Beastie Boys were not actually licensed to ill. Just one day before Adam Yauch died last week, he and the other members of the Beastie Boys were sued for illegally sampling music. TufAmerica claimed that copyrighted recordings were illicitly used on “License to Ill” and “Paul’s Boutique,” both of which dropped over two… More ▸
The Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 after discovering a tumor in his parotid gland. He performed as MCA along with fellow Beasties’ Mike Diamond (“Mike D”) and Adam Horowitz (“Ad-Rock”). Last month the Beastie Boys were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but he wasn’t able to attend in… More ▸
