Brooklyn, the unofficial home of hip hop has honored another legend of the art. Palmetto Playground, a small park in Brooklyn has been officially renamed Adam Yauch Park, in honor of the late Adam “MCA” Yauch of The Beastie Boys. The park sits just blocks away from where MCA grew up and honors the one year passing MCA. Friends and family gathered at the park for a special ceremony to commemorate Adam’s life. Speakers at the events included Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, fellow Beastie Boy Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Yauch’s mother, Frances. 

“It’s fitting that we’re here today to dedicate a playground to Adam Yauch because like the Wu-Tang Clan, Beastie Boys is for the children. I was trying to think of what to say today, and I was thinking what it means to be a New York kid: People come to New York to be themselves, to express themselves and to be who they want to be. And although Adam’s mom Frances is a New York kid herself, his father Noel came to New York to be himself. And together they raised a New York kid, Adam Yauch, and Noel and Frances raised him right. They taught Adam to be curious, thoughtful, kind and just enough crazy