Adam Yauch Park Ceremony: WATCH Ad-Rock Speak in Brooklyn, New York

Today is the one-year anniversary of the death of Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys (and unofficially MCA Day in Brooklyn). Yesterday, in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood where Yauch grew up, the influential MC and activist had a park named for him. Palmetto Park, the park where a young Yauch learned to ride his bike, was renamed in his honor. The ceremony included speeches from fellow Beastie Ad-Rock, as well as Yauch's mother and Borough President Marky Markowitz. Read More »