*Unfortunately, there has been a death in the hip hop family.
On Wednesday (03-23-16), A member of the rap group A Tribe Called Quest, Phife Dawg, passed away. He was 45.
The rapper had to endure serious health problems for years because he was a Type 1 diabetes sufferer. He also underwent a kidney transplant in 2008.
Roots drummer Questlove posted a lengthy tribute to Phife on Instagram, tagging the post as coming from Linden Boulevard … a street in Queens the group frequently mentioned in their songs.
Along with rapper Q-Tip and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Tribe was popular in the ’90s with songs like “Scenario,” “Can I Kick It?” and “Award Tour.”
A Tribe Called Quest was formed in the late 1980s and went onto become one of Hip-Hop’s most respected and prized rap trios for their mix of thought-provoking rhymes over jazz infused hip-hop beats. The group would eventually sign with Jive records and released their first album of five studio albums, the classic People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, in 1990. The act broke up several times and reunited to perform shows here and there, but stopped just short of recording new music.
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