Adam Yauch was born in New York on August 5, 1964. He formed the Beastie Boys with Mike D in 1981. They soon added Adam Horovitz to the group and went on to open for Madonna on her famous Like a Virgin tour. The Beastie Boys gained huge success with numerous genius albums and tours, then founded their own label Grand Royal Records in 1993. Inspired by his own extensive travels as well as the Dalai Lama, Yauch became publicly passionate about the destructive, violent situation in Tibet and cr ...[Read Story]