R.I.P. Phife Dawg
Phife Dawg, the Queens rapper and co-founder of a Tribe Called Quest, has died, as Rolling Stone reports. No cause of death has been revealed yet, but Phife spent years battling a severe case of...
View ArticleHear Mac Miller Pay Tribute To Phife Dawg On “5 Foot Assassin”
Late last night, the world learned the deeply shitty news that Phife Dawg, of a Tribe Called Quest, had died. There will be many, many Phife tributes in the days ahead, but Mac Miller might've been the...
View ArticleWatch A TV Traffic Reporter’s Sly Phife Dawg Tribute
There have been dozens if not hundreds of Phife Dawg tributes rolling in following the news of his death this morning, many of which came from fellow rappers, of course. But homage was paid to the A...
View ArticleTerrace Martin –“Tribe Called West”
As you probably already know, Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest passed away yesterday. There have been many tributes and quotes from his peers and even from unexpected sources over the last couple of...
View ArticleA Tribe Called Quest Holding Tribute To Phife Dawg In Queens Tomorrow
Phife Dawg, the Queens rapper and co-founder of A Tribe Called Quest, passed away a little less than two weeks ago. Tributes have poured in since then, and now, A Tribe Called Quest have announced A...
View ArticlePhife Dawg –“Nutshell” Video
Before A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg passed away last month, he had been working on a new album called Give Thanks. "Nutshell," a song from that album featuring a beat from the late J Dilla, is...
View ArticleWatch A Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West, D’Angelo, André 3000, & More Pay...
Last night, a week and a half after the passing of the beloved Tribe Called Quest member Phife Dawg, a number of musical luminaries gathered in Harlem's Apollo Theater to pay tribute to the man and his...
View ArticleNo, André 3000 Is Not Making An Album With Chris Rock And Jack White
Last night, Chris Rock posted the above photo on Instagram, along with this caption: "Me , Dave , D-nice , jack white and jarobi hard at work on the new Andre 3000 album." That's the kind of thing that...
View ArticleFrom Marky Mark To Humpty Hump: Remembering Hip-Hop’s Awkward Adolescence
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View ArticleQueens Street To Be Named After Phife Dawg
This morning, less than six months after Phife Dawg's death at 45, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill to immortalize the rapper on a street in Queens, New York. According to the New York Daily...
View ArticleStream A Tribe Called Quest We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service
A Tribe Called Quest have dropped We Got It From Here...Thank You 4 Your Service, their sixth studio album and first in 18 years. This right here is how a legacy act should update.
View ArticlePremature Evaluation: A Tribe Called Quest We Got It From Here… Thank You 4...
David Bowie knew that Blackstar would be his goodbye. Leonard Cohen knew that You Want It Darker would be his goodbye. And there's at least some chance that Phife Dawg knew that his group A Tribe...
View ArticleNYC Street Named After A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg Today
Instagram.com/idaneekmiller">The intersection of 192nd St and Linden Boulevard in A Tribe Called Quest's native Queens, NY was just renamed Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor Way in honor of the late rapper....
View ArticleThe 25 Best Rap Verses Of 2016
Nas proclaimed Hip Hop Is Dead 10 years ago. He had to raise the stakes on the album with a grandiose title and statement to start a conversation (and sell records). What he most likely meant, coming...
View ArticlePhife Dawg –“Wanna Dance” (Feat. Dwele)
It's been almost a year now since Phife Dawg passed away, and while his posthumous presence was all over the final A Tribe Called Quest album, he still has an additional solo LP on the way entitled...
View ArticlePhife Dawg –“Nutshell Part 2” (Feat. Busta Rhymes & Redman)
Back in 2016, the Queens rap legend Phife Dawg passed away of complications from diabetes at the age of 45. Near the end of his life, Phife recorded his parts for We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your...
View ArticlePhife Dawg –“French Kiss Deux” (Feat. Illa J)
The late Phife Dawg already made one great posthumous contribution. In 2016, Phife died of complications from diabetes at the age of 45. Before his death, Phife recorded his parts from A Tribe Called...
View ArticlePhife Dawg –“Forever”
A new posthumous album from the late, great Phife Dawg is dropping this week. The A Tribe Called Quest legend died in 2016, a few months before Tribe released their glorious reunion album and grand...
View ArticleStream Phife Dawg’s New Posthumous Album Forever Feat. Q-Tip, Rapsody, De La...
After A Tribe Called Quest broke up in 1998, the great Phife Dawg only released one solo album, 2000’s Ventilation: Da LP. Phife died in 2016 while A Tribe Called Quest were working on their great...
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