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- An Everyman hero in a genre full of big talkers, Phife Dawg — born Malik Taylor, known as Phife for short — who died on Tuesday at 45, was the steadying presence in A Tribe Called Quest, the group that in the early 1990s became one of the standard-bearers of earthy, socially progressive, musically rich hip-hop.
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Mar 23, 2016 · An Everyman hero in a genre full of big talkers, Phife Dawg — born Malik Taylor, known as Phife for short — who died on Tuesday at 45, was the steadying presence in A Tribe Called Quest, the...
May 5, 2021 · Soon the whole world would know Malik as Phife Dawg, Mutty Ranks, the Five-Foot Assassin, the co-pilot of A Tribe Called Quest, one of the most visionary and decorated groups in hip-hop history ...
Mar 23, 2016 · Malik Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg whose nimble, clever rhymes helped launch A Tribe Called Quest to both commercial and critical success, died Tuesday at the age of 45 from...
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- "Oh My God," 1993. 1 for the treble, 2 for the bass. You know the style Tip, it's time to flip this. I like my beats hard like two day old sh*t. Steady eatin' booty MCs like cheese grits ...
- "Buggin' Out," 1991. "You wanna diss the Phifer but you still don't know the half. I sport New Balance sneakers to avoid a narrow path. Mess around with this you catch a size eight up your {ass}
- "Scenario," 1992. Brothers front, they say the Tribe can't flow. But we've been known to do the impossible like Broadway Joe, so. Sleep if you want, NyQuil will help you get your Z's, troop.
- "Electric Relaxation," 1993. You got BBD all on your bedroom wall. But I'm above the rim and this is how I ball. A pretty little somethin' on the New York street.
Mar 23, 2016 · / The five-foot assassin with the roughneck business.” Phife was five feet three. “I never half-step ‘cause I’m not a half-stepper / Drink a lot of soda so they call me Dr. Pepper.”
- Sarah Larson
Mar 23, 2016 · By Mark Savage. Music reporter. Rapper Phife Dawg, a member of rap pioneers A Tribe Called Quest, has died at the age of 45. The musician had been struggling with ill health and diabetes for ...
Mar 23, 2016 · Phife, like so many movers and shakers in hip-hop’s early days, from Kool Herc to KRS-One, came from a Caribbean immigrant family – Trinidadian in his case – and wore this on his sleeve.
