Search results
- Rapper Malik Taylor, better known to fans as Phife Dawg of the group A Tribe Called Quest, died Tuesday of complications from diabetes, according to a statement from his family and manager. He was 45. Taylor had long suffered from health issues associated with his having Type 1 diabetes. In 2008, he underwent a kidney transplant.
www.cnn.com › 2016/03/23 › entertainment
People also ask
Who was Phife Dawg?
Did Phife have diabetes?
How did Phife Dawg die?
Mar 24, 2016 · The death at 45 of Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor of A Tribe Called Quest shines a glaring spotlight on blacks’ vulnerability to diabetes, the condition he battled for decades, and which...
- Pamela K. Johnson
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...
- Jason Newman
Mar 23, 2016 · (Reuters) - Hip-hop artist Phife Dawg, a member of New York-based group A Tribe Called Quest, has died at the age of 45, his family said on Wednesday. The family said in a statement that the...
Mar 23, 2016 · Rapper Malik Taylor, better known to fans as Phife Dawg of the group A Tribe Called Quest, died Tuesday of complications from diabetes, according to a statement from his family and manager....
Mar 23, 2016 · A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg has died at age 45. News of his passing emerged on Twitter overnight, and Rolling Stone confirmed his death Wednesday morning; an official statement has yet to...
May 5, 2021 · Phife was first diagnosed with diabetes in 1990, the same year as Tribe’s debut. Twenty-five years later, in 2015, his health was a concern — but he pushed through.
Mar 23, 2016 · His family said in a statement that Phife died as a result of complications from diabetes. NPR's Andrew Limbong tells our Newscast unit that Phife, who was one of two main vocalists for A Tribe...
