Here are Four Monks Breakdancing in Honour of Adam Yauch

May 6, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adan Yauch, Beastie Boys, MCA, Monks, Tibet

If you’re a Beastie Boys fan, you’ll now that this past Saturday (May 3) was the third annual MCA Day in New York. Yauch died of cancer on May 4, 2012, at the age of 47.

Since Yauch was an outspoken supporter of Tibetan freedom, a group of monks decided to offer their appreciation the best way they new how: by breakdancing in Union Square.

(Via Dangerous Minds)

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