The Beastie Boys member has released a statement via the bands official mailing list. In an email to fans Adam Yauch says that he is "healthy, Strong and has hopefully beaten cancer". Yauch went on to say "I'm taking Tibetan medicine and at the recommendation of the Tibetan doctors I've been eating a vegan/organic diet, surprisingly enough that was harder to do in India than it is now that I'm back home." The Beastie Boys were due to release a new album last month, but this was postponed until Yauch got better. It is now hopeful that the Boys will release it early next year.
-Alicia Coyle