Moments after news broke of the death of Adam Yauch (a/k/a MCA) from The Beastie Boys, one of his Hip Hop peers released a statement to HipHopDX. Iconic emcee Rakim released his debut album with Eric B., Paid In Full within a year of the Beasties’ debut, Licensed To Ill. Both Rakim and the Beasties have remained active in music-making and performing to this day.
The fellow New Yorker remember Yauch is saying, “There have been a lot of people who have molded the face and history
of Hip Hop over the years, but no one can deny that my three dudes from New York City were paramount in taking it from a local thing and breaking it world wide. Last saw my man at the [Vh1] Hip Hop Honors Awards and he was upbeat, gracious and spiritual as always. R.I.P. to MCA…see you in the next one, brother.”
recognise… r.i.p mca
Rakim is very humble. R.I.P. MCA(You were a legend)
Wow we are losing our Legends.
real recognize real
nice words from the GOD
Rakim is a real as brother point blank. Like Kayaman said, real recognize real!
This wasn’t a statement to you… this was a post he made on his Facebook. The sloppy journalism continues.
RIP MCA
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YO FUCK THIS FAGGOT HE AIN’T A NIGGA WHATUP STUNNA!!!
STFU, retard.
THE ONLY GOD I KNOW IS THE BASEDGOD THIS FAGGOT AIN’T A REAL NIGGA HE JUST A GAY ONE WHATUP STUNNA!!!
Much respect to Ra
Love the broken english in this article.. RIP
Rakim knows that the Beastie Boys brought that white demographic to hip hop which meant a lot more $ for hip hop worldwide.Wouldn’t be no Eminem,Kid Rock,Limp Bizkit,Vanilla Ice,3rd Bass,New Kids on The Block, Rage Against The Machine,Justin Timberlake, etc if not for the Beastie Boys. The thing that the black community respects about the Beastie’s is that they were still white,unlike a lot of you white hip hop heads today who be dropping the N word and so forth.
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