{"id":17209,"date":"2014-05-07T03:05:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T03:05:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-05-07T04:05:29","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T04:05:29","slug":"Buddhist-Monks-breakdance-for-Beastie-Boys-MCA-Day-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=17209","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist Monks breakdance for Beastie Boys&#8217; MCA Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Beastie Boys is one of the most influential hip-hop groups of all time.<\/strong> Adam Yauch, also known as MCA, died in 2012 from cancer. Fans now gather on the anniversary of his death to celebrate his life and music.<\/p>\n<p>For 2014?s MCA Day in New York City, a group of fans dressed up as Buddhist Monks showed up and performed a breakdance routine in honor of Yauch. <strong>Why Buddhist monks?<\/strong> Yauch was a Buddhist and it\u2019s only fitting that a performance celebrating his life be done in traditional Buddhist clothing. It\u2019s also noted that the performance intended to bring attention to Yauch\u2019s dream of seeing Tibet being granted independence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>According to the video, the four dancers in the video are Bobby Selby, Jaehyuk Choi, Christopher Groelle, and Stephen Cho.<\/strong> These four men may have been filming a promotion for MCA Day.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/93932132\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/93932132\">MCA-DAY &#8220;Buddhist Monks&#8221;<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user5040340\">KNARF&reg; New York<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Beastie Boys is one of the most influential hip-hop groups of all time. 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