Whether it was for your right to party or the rights of Tibetans, rapper and activist Adam "MCA" Yauch inspired generations of music lovers to fight. The gravelly voiced co-founder of the hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys died of cancer May 4 in New York; though only 47, he had a career spanning almost three decades, in which he made perseverance fun. Originally industry outsiders, the Beasties became insiders when their 1986 debut Licensed to Ill became the first hip-hop album to top Billboard's charts. Despite the group's reputation as pranksters, Yauch was a serious, compassionate thinker. Praised as a director...
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