Two days after the death of bandmate Adam MCA Yauch, Beastie Boys rapper Adam Ad-Rock Horovitz reached out to fans with a note thanking his family and friends for their outpouring of love and support for his late friend.

In a heartfelt note posted on the Beastie Boys' blog on Sunday night, he wrote: As you can imagine, s**t is just fkd (f***d) up right now. But I wanna (sic) say thank you to all our friends and family (which are kinda (sic) one in the same) for all the love and support. I'm glad to know that all the love that Yauch has put out into the world is coming right back at him.

Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z and Eminem were among the celebrities who paid their respects following the tragic news. Madonna offered tribute to Yauch by sharing a photo of herself as a young star with the hip-hop pioneer on her Facebook page. In an accompanying post, the pop star also said: The Beastie Boys were one of a kind! And so was Adam! They were all an important part of my musical history and integral to the musical revolution that was happening at the time. I'm very sad to hear about Adam's passing. God bless him and his family.

The Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am took Twitter to pay tribute: 1 of my favorite hiphop groups...hiphop raised a lot of us & now we have to wake up because are hero's are dying too young (sic).

Snoop Dogg tweeted: RIP MCA U are a Legend and a pioneer. #BeastieBoys4life (sic).

The Beastie Boys co-founder, who was also known as MCA, breathed his last on Friday morning after battling cancer in his parotid gland and a lymph node since 2009. He is survived by wife Dechen Wangdu, the American-born daughter of prominent Tibetan activists, whom he met in 1995 while attending a speech by the Dalai Lama at Harvard University, and daughter Tenzin Losel Yauch.

The Beastie Boys, which also comprises Michael Diamond (Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock), have not performed live since the summer of 2009.

Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
The Beastie Boys (L-R) Mike Diamond, Adam Horowitz and Adam Yauch at the 2006 Sundance film festival. Reuters
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
The Beastie Boys perform at the first Tibetan FreedomConcert before an ethnic Chinese audience in Taipei, April 20, 2003. Reuters
Beastie Boys Lawsuit
The Beastie Boys were slapped with a lawsuit of the eve of the death of band member Adam Yauch, aka MCA (seen in this photo), adding insult to the devastating injury of losing the musician at the age of 47. Reuters
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
The Beastie Boys, (L-R) Adam Yauch, Michael Diamond, and Adam Horovitz, with DJ, Mix Master Mike behind them, perform in Las Vegas, June 9, 2004. Reuters
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
The Beastie Boys pose on the red carpet prior to the Much Music Video Awards in Toronto, June 20, 2004. Reuters
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
The Beastie Boys present an award on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami, August 29, 2004. Reuters
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
The Beastie Boys perform at the MTV Latin Video Music Awards in Miami Beach, October 21, 2004. Reuters
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
The Beastie Boys pose as they arrive for the MTV Europe Music Award in Rome, November 18, 2004. Reuters
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
The Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch, Mike Diamond and Adam Horowitz at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah January 21, 2006. Reuters
Beastie Boys Lawsuit
The Beastie Boys lawsuit over samples on two classic albums has re-opened an old debate about hip hop's re-purposing of snippets of music to make beats. Reuters
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
The Beastie Boys address the crowd as they accept an award for Artist of the Year during the Webby Awards in New York, June 5, 2007. Reuters
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
The Beastie Boys perform during the Live Earth concert at Wembley Stadium in London, July 7, 2007. Reuters
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
Adam Yauch (MCA) and Michael Diamond (Mike D) of the Beastie Boys perform during the Exit music festival in Novi Sad, July 14, 2007. Reuters
Bandmate Horovitz And Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch The Journey Of The Band Through All These Years
MCA, Mike D and Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys pose in Taipei, April 21, 2003. Reuters
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