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Here's Jay-Z's 2009 Tribute to Adam Yauch and the Beastie Boys

Emma Carmichael · 05/04/12 03:00PM

Back in summer 2009, the Beastie Boys were forced to pull out of their scheduled headlining performance at the All Points West music festival in Jersey City, N.J. Yauch had just announced that he'd been diagnosed with cancer, and the group was forced to cancel a lot of shows as he sought treatment.