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 ...
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 · R&B/Hip-Hop Phife Dawg, Founding Member of A Tribe Called Quest, Dead at 45 Phife battled with ill health in recent years and underwent a kidney transplant in 2008, following renal failure...
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 ...
Jive. Groove Attack Records. Malik Isaac Taylor [1] (November 20, 1970 – March 22, 2016), better known by his stage name Phife Dawg (or simply Phife ), was an American rapper. [2]