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Beastie Boys rapper’s will bars ad use of his work

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Musician Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys. AFP

The Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch rapped that he wouldn’t “sell my songs for no TV ad.” His will shows he wanted to make sure that held true after his death, too.

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Madonna: Beastie Boys’ Yauch was one of a kind

Members of the Beastie Boys, from left, Adam Horovitz, known as Adrock, Michael Diamond, known as Mike D and Adam Yauch, known as MCA, are shown in this 1989 file photo originally provided by Capitol Records. AP

Madonna says Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys rapper who died Friday, was one of a kind and that the group was important to her musical history.

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Beastie Boy rapper MCA dead at 47–reports

In this May 12, 2009 file photo, musician Adam Yauch from the Beastie Boys, attends a special evening to honor artist Ross Bleckner's appointment as Goodwill Ambassador at the United Nations. Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper who co-founded the seminal hip-hop group, has died at age 47. The cause of death wasn't immediately known. Yauch, who's also known as MCA, was diagnosed with a cancerous parotid gland in 2009. AP/Evan Agostini, file

Adam Yauch, a co-founder of Grammy-winning hip-hop giants the Beastie Boys, died Friday three years after being diagnosed with cancer, media reports said.

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