Beastie Boys rapper’s will bars ad use of his work
By Jennifer Peltz
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.

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.

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.

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.