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MCA Tribute, EPMD and more added to Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest
In addition to the previously discussed lineup of Pusha T, Redman and Dizzy Wright, Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest expands with the addition of EPMD, Soul Understated and a tribute to the late great MCA (Adam Yauch):On the Final Day...
SOME STUFFS: Adam “MCA” Yauch To Be Honored At 2013 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
The 9th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival will be held from July 10th through the 13th with a number of artists scheduled to perform, including Redman, EPMD, Pusha T, and Dizzy Wright. On the last day of the festival, Adam Yauch will be honored for his role and participation in hip-hop during his lifetime as a [...]
Adam Yauch to be Honored at Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival...
Via Hip Hop DX: Pusha T and Newark, New Jersey’s own Redman are just a few of the acts scheduled to appear at the nearly week-long Hip Hop extravaganza that is the annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. The announcement was made earlier today via Twitter thanks to an update made from the festival’s official Twitter account. Show More Summary
Oscilloscope Laboratories, the Film Company Founded By Adam Yauch, Adjusts to Life After MCA...
New York Times: “They do look like kids,” said the director Todd Louiso, 43, whose love story “Hello, I Must Be Going,” was released by Oscilloscope in the fall. “But Adam wouldn’t pick people who weren’t on his level. In fact, they are three steps ahead of everyone else.” “Adam embedded a philosophy in the company we will always have,” Mr. Show More Summary
Today's Music News: Lauryn Hill Heads to the Big House, MCA Gets a Park, and Breaking News: Chris Brown Never Not an Asshole
Lauryn Hill Sentenced to Three Months for Tax Evasion: That was the verdict following a lengthy court battle. Fight For Your Right to Frolic: Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch had a Brooklyn park dedicated to him on Saturday, marking the first anniversary of his death. Show More Summary
Adam Yauch: A Year and a Day without MCA
Finding life in the Beasties Boys music, a year after the death of MCA.
Happy MCA Day 2013
I know this was in yesterday's music news post, but I just wanted to say happy one-year afterlife anniversary to Adam Yauch. If you didn't happen to click through, yesterday they dedicated a park to him in New York City, and his mom spoke at the dedication. "We didn't have anything to do with the crazy part of Adam Yauch," she started, laughing. Show More Summary
Read Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch’s Response To A Negative New York Times Review
It was one year ago today that Adam “MCA” Yauch passed away. Go ahead, find your copy of Check Your Head. We’ll wait…Welcome back. Anyway, in 2004, the New York Times wrote a negative review of the music video for the Beastie Boys’ “Ch-Check...Show More Summary
Watch Ad-Rock Speak At Adam Yauch Park Ceremony
Adam Yauch passed away one year ago today, on May 4th, 2012. Yesterday his family, friends, and former bandmates as well as city officials gathered at a park in Brooklyn Heights in his rememberance. During a ceremony attended by about 250, the park formerly named Palmetto Park was officially renamed Adam Yauch Park. Below, check [...]
A Year Later, We Remember Adam 'MCA' Yauch...
Via Letters of Note, Yauch’s response to a negative review in the New York Times: Rolling Stone has republished their profile from last year following Yauch’s death: “I was expecting to see somebody really weak and pale,” she says. “But he looked so radiant, as light as the most awake person I’ve ever encountered. Show More Summary
Today's Music News: Franken-bands, non-fatal shootings, and Sigur Rós on The Simpsons
Tearjerker: Beastie Boys' fallen member Adam "MCA" Yauch gets a Brooklyn park named after him, coinciding with the one year anniversary of his death after a long struggle with throat cancer. Two of your favorite things in one place:Show More Summary
Adam Yauch Now Has A Park Named After Him In Brooklyn
Next time you call Brooklyn a hipster wasteland, please remember: we have an Adam Yauch Park, and you don’t. Palmetto Playground was renamed today in a ceremony honoring the late great Beastie Boys member, thanks to, according to the New York Post, “a post last year on the Brooklyn Heights Blog that gained steam on Facebook. Show More Summary
Adam Yauch Park: Late Beastie Boys Member Gets Brooklyn Playground Named After Him
Late Beastie Boys member Adam "MCA" Yauch is getting a New York City park named after him.
City officials are turning the Brooklyn Heights-area Palmetto Playground into "Adam Yauch Playground."
The rapper, who died at age 47 due to throat cancer, actually used to hang out in the park. Show More Summary
In Photos: Adam Yauch Park Renaming Ceremony
Friends, family, city officials pay tribute to the Beastie Boys legend.
Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn Is Official...
Brooklyn Vegan: Palmetto Playground on Columbia Street in Brooklyn Heights was officially rechristened Adam Yauch Park this morning in a ceremony attended by Beastie Boys’ Adam Horovitz (aka Ad-Rock), Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Frances Yauch, the mother of Adam (aka MCA ) who died on May 4, 2012. Read and comment. From brooklynvegan.com.
Brooklyn Heights Park Named After Beastie Boys’ MCA
This is really cool. As of today, the Palmetto Playground in Brooklyn Heights is officially known as the Adam Yauch Park, named after the late MCA of Beastie Boys. Tomorrow will be the one-year anniversary of his passing. Pic via Def Jam’s Instagram. Previously: Rolling Stone’s MCA Cover
Brooklyn Finally Renames A Park In Adam “MCA” Yauch’s Honor
Almost a year to the day since Beastie Boy Adam “MCA” Yauch passed away from throat cancer, the MC will receive a permanent tribute in his hometown of Brooklyn: a [...]
Adam Yauch Park officially open in Brooklyn Heights
Frances Yauch and Ad-Rock at park rechristening (via @ascap_music) (via @allieharper13) Palmetto Playground on Columbia Street in Brooklyn Heights was officially rechristened Adam Yauch Park this morning in a ceremony attended by Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz (aka Ad Rock), Brooklyn...
NYC Agrees to Rename Brooklyn Park After Adam Yauch...
After months of pressure from lobbying from Beastie Boys fans, the city of New York has agreed to change the name of Brooklyn’s Palmetto Playground, where Beastie Boy Adam Yauch hung out as a child and teenager, to Adam Yauch playground. Show More Summary
Music: Newswire: Brooklyn playground to be renamed in honor of the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch
This Friday, a playground in Brooklyn Heights will be renamed in honor of the late Adam "MCA" Yauch. The former Palmetto Playground holds both full and half basketball courts, a community garden, a greenhouse, a small fitness area, open play space, drinking fountains, and a dog run, and is located near where the Beastie Boy grew up. Show More Summary