Adam Yauch

Adam Yauch, pronounced Yahwk, also known as MCA and Nathaniel Hornblower, is a founding member of hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys. Yauch was born November 12, 1965 into a wealthy family in Brooklyn, New York.

Adam Yauch, pronounced Yahwk, also known as MCA and Nathaniel Hornblower, is a founding member of hip-hop trio the Beastie Boys. Yauch was born November 12, 1965 into a wealthy family in Brooklyn, New York.

Yauch learned to play the bass, and played his first show with the Beastie Boys- then still playing hardcore punk in the vein of Reagan Youth- on his 17th birthday, while still attending Edward R. Murrow High School in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn. By the time Yauch was 20, producer Rick Rubin had taken the Beastie Boys under his wing and they had released their first album on Def Jam Records as a hip-hop trio.