Tweet Sheet: Celebrities Remember Adam “MCA” Yauch

Condolences for the legendary Beastie Boys member.

MCA - Adam Yauch — better known as MCA of Beastie Boys fame — passed away after a battle with cancer in 2012. Roughly a year later, a park in Brooklyn Heights was dedicated in his honor. Adam Yauch Park sits at Columbia Place and State Street in BK. (Photo: Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

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Adam “MCA” Yauch - The news of the passing of hip hop hall of famer Adam “MCA” Yauch hit the music community hard today [May 4]. After a three year battle with cancer, MCA passed away in New York at the age of 47, leaving many stunned and heartbroken. As a testament to the impact the Brooklyn-bred rapper had on the genre as a founding member of the groundbreaking rap trio Beastie Boys, many of the celebrities MCA influenced with his music took to Twitter to share their feelings. From Russell Simmons, who signed the Beastie Boys to Def Jam Records in 1985, to Justin Timberlake, who grew up on the group’s wild party anthems, the range of those who admired the late icon was widespread. R.I.P. MCA!(Photo:  Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

Kevin Liles (@KevinLiles1) - TWEET: "RIP Adam aka MCA...we will continue to Fight for our Rights...prayers and blessings from your original Def Jam family"(Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/PictureGroup) 

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Kevin Liles (@KevinLiles1) - TWEET: "RIP Adam aka MCA...we will continue to Fight for our Rights...prayers and blessings from your original Def Jam family"(Photo: Shareif Ziyadat/PictureGroup) 

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Russell Simmons ‏(@UncleRUSH) - TWEET: "RIP Adam Yauch. My thoughts... http://bit.ly/KlPHkO" (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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Russell Simmons ‏(@UncleRUSH) - TWEET: "RIP Adam Yauch. My thoughts... http://bit.ly/KlPHkO" (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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Snoop Dogg   - Snoop fell victim to the death rumor mill.  It caused a small scare in the hip hop community, but the LBC rapper was alive and well. (Photo: John Shearer/Images for Bethesda Softworks)

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Snoop Dogg ‏(@SnoopDogg) - TWEET: "RIP MCA U are a Legend and a pioneer. #BeastieBoys4life"(Photo: John Shearer/Images)

Asher Roth ‏ (@asherroth) - TWEET: "RIP MCA"(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

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Asher Roth ‏ (@asherroth) - TWEET: "RIP MCA"(Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

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Rev. Run (@revrunwisdom) - TWEET: "J Cole.. Puts out 2 records Dissing family & Diggy & nobody cared.. Some1 leaks a old Diggy record & there's a problem?"Rap pioneer Rev. Run sticks up for his son, Diggy, after the young MC released a diss track aimed at J. Cole.(Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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Rev Run (@RevRunWisdom) - TWEET: "R I P Adam... I'm devastated. Praying for Adam Yauch's family from the legendary Beastie Boys. Youll be missed!"(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) - TWEET: "TERRIBLE NEWS: MCA of the Beastie Boys has died at 47. Another very sad day in Hip Hop. #MCARIP"(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) - TWEET: "TERRIBLE NEWS: MCA of the Beastie Boys has died at 47. Another very sad day in Hip Hop. #MCARIP"(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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BIZ MARKIE ‏(@BizMarkie) - TWEET: "A VERY SPECIAL R.I.P. TO ADAM YAUCH FROM THE BEASTIE BOYS MY BROTHER YOU ARE GONNA BE TRULY MISSED MY HEART IS HEAVY….." (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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BIZ MARKIE ‏(@BizMarkie) - TWEET: "A VERY SPECIAL R.I.P. TO ADAM YAUCH FROM THE BEASTIE BOYS MY BROTHER YOU ARE GONNA BE TRULY MISSED MY HEART IS HEAVY….." (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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DJ Jazzy Jeff: January 22 - Hip hop's favorite sidekick celebrates his 48th birthday. (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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DJ Jazzy Jeff (@djjazzyjeff215) - TWEET: "RIP Adam (MCA) of The Beastie Boys. This is happening wayy too much."(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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The Pharcyde ‏ (@thepharcyde242) - TWEET: "I had Paul Revere in our KDay set, I wanted to give a shout on their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Had to cut the set short.. Damn.."(Photo: Courtesy Delicious Vinyl Records)

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The Pharcyde ‏ (@thepharcyde242) - TWEET: "I had Paul Revere in our KDay set, I wanted to give a shout on their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. Had to cut the set short.. Damn.."(Photo: Courtesy Delicious Vinyl Records)

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Q-Tip (@QTipTheAbstract) - TWEET: "listen rush simmons, toure, and all Black folk who are sympathist to this gwen paltrow n---a thing…" Q-Tip disagrees with Russell Simmons and Toure about Gwyneth Paltrow's use of the N-word in a recent tweet referring to the Jay-Z and Kanye West song "N----s in Paris."(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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QTip ‏(@QtipTheAbstract) - TWEET: "RIP yauch and thank u mike and adam n adam 4 all of your help, the tours, the bball games, n great times. a humanitarian a tru friend"(Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) 

B-Real (@B_Real420) - TWEET: "My deepest condolences 2 the family of Adam yauch & the beastie boys. Adam was the coolest dude ever & will b missed but memory will live on"(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

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B-Real (@B_Real420) - TWEET: "My deepest condolences 2 the family of Adam yauch & the beastie boys. Adam was the coolest dude ever & will b missed but memory will live on"(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

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9th Wonder, @9thWonderMusic - Tweet: "Rest in Peace to one of the greatest human beings that has ever lived....Rest in Peace Nelson Mandela......."Super-producer 9th Wonder takes one-time for Nelson Mandela. #hislegacyliveson(Photo: Henry S. Dziekan III / Retna Ltd.)

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9th Wonder (@9thWonderMusic) - TWEET: "Not MCA.....please tell me not MCA from the Beastie Boys"(Photo: Henry S. Dziekan III/Retna Ltd)

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Warren G ‏(@regulator) - TWEET: "RIP MCA FROM BEASTIE BOYS"(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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Warren G ‏(@regulator) - TWEET: "RIP MCA FROM BEASTIE BOYS"(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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Big Daddy Kane: September 10 - The Grammy-winning hip hop impresario celebrates his 44th birthday. (Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for All Stars Helping Kids)

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Big Daddy Kane (@officialbdk) - TWEET: "Rest in peace MCA of the Beastie Boys. A pioneer, legend & OG that will be missed." (Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Justin Timberlake - JT has had so many run-ins with the stalkerazzi over the years that it's hard to pick a favorite. How about the time he slapped a pap outside a Los Angeles night club? Or when he drove the getaway car for then-girlfriend Cameron Diaz after she stole a photographer's camera? Lately, though, Timberlake has been able to stay more-or-less out of the telephoto lenses of paps. Maybe he got some pointers from his boy Jay Z? (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) - TWEET: "Crushed to hear the news of Adam Yauch’s passing. A true pioneer of art. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones. #RIPMCA"(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Travis Barker - While it's tempting to think of a fear of flying as irrational, this one may be legit. Blink-182's Travis Barker developed a phobia of flights after surviving a horrible 2008 plane crash that killed four and left him in critical condition. Barker dropped out of the band's Australia tour last year due to his anxiety over flying.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for KCA)

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Travis Barker (@travisbarker) - TWEET: "Rest In Peace Adam Yauch /MCA. 4ever somebody i looked up to & had the pleasure of meeting. Damn this bums me out, we lost one of the best"(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Common, "It's Your World, Part 1 & 2" - Com was more subtle than his peers when he referred to The Jeffersons live-your-dreams theme song on this beautiful J. Dilla-produced track: These are the children of crack and rap Blacks done lack self-esteem Yo we forgot the dream On our Jeffersons y'all, but we forgot the theme (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images For The Recording Academy)

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Common (@Common) - TWEET: "God Bless the soul of Adam Yauch aka MCA of the Beastie Boys. RIP"(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Til the Break of Dawn\r - Will.i.am is spotted leaving the Rose Club in London after hosting a DJ set. He then reportedly went to Cirque Du Soir to let loose and have fun with his friends until 5 A.M. (Photo: Harsha Gopal, PacificCoastNews.com)

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Will.i.am (@iamwill) - TWEET: "#restinpeaceMCA 1 of my favorite hiphop groups…hiphop raised a lot of us & now we have to wake up because are hero’s are dying too younge"(Photo: Harsha Gopal, PacificCoastNews.com) 

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