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Malik Izaak Taylor (November 20, 1970 – March 22, 2016), known professionally as Phife Dawg (or simply Phife), was an American rapper and a member of the group A Tribe Called Quest with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (and for a short time Jarobi White). He was also known as the "Five-Foot Assassin" and "the Five-Footer", because he stood at 5 ...
May 5, 2021 · Growing up in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens in the 1970s, he especially found a home on the stage, doing school plays, performing at church, and evolving into a writer who first leaned into...
Phife Dawg Biography. by Wade Kergan. As a founding member of the pioneering rap group A Tribe Called Quest and their extended Native Tongues family, Phife Dawg helped revolutionize hip-hop. After playing a key role in classic ATCQ albums throughout the '90s, Phife had a hearty solo career in the 2000s and beyond.
Mar 23, 2016 · Malik I. Taylor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg who was a founding member of the seminal group A Tribe Called Quest, died Tuesday at the age of 45. His family said in a statement that Phife...
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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...
Mar 23, 2016 · Phife Dawg: the socially conscious rapper who gave 90s hip-hop its good vibes | Hip-hop | The Guardian. A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg, who died on 22 March 2016. Photograph: Brian...
Mar 23, 2016 · -- Hip-hop artist Malik Taylor, better known as Phife Dawg, has died from complications resulting from his diabetes, his family confirmed today. He was 45. As a member of A Tribe Called Quest, Phife Dawg helped shape and create a new brand of hip-hop.