RIP Phife Dawg: Hip-Hop Mourns The Funky Diabetic

Malik Taylor, better known as Phife Dawg, has died at 45. The rapper’s grounded vignettes and snappy delivery made the perfect counterpoint to A Tribe Called Quest colleague Q-Tip’s silky-smooth weirdness. The group’s five albums between their 1990 debut and 1998 breakup helped secure hip-hop’s place in the pantheon of American art.

Notes

  1. sparklevomit reblogged this from dl-44
  2. dl-44 reblogged this from think-progress
  3. dominateeye reblogged this from think-progress
  4. brassasteria reblogged this from think-progress
  5. dreadlockteacha reblogged this from think-progress
  6. coastin reblogged this from think-progress and added:
    think-progress :
  7. emptyyhours reblogged this from think-progress
  8. magswood reblogged this from think-progress
  9. jcrewguy reblogged this from think-progress
  10. bookwormbartender reblogged this from think-progress and added:
    We lost a great figure in the hip hop community. RIP Phife Dawg
  11. elegant-vibes reblogged this from think-progress
  12. vantwinblade reblogged this from think-progress
  13. drsuds reblogged this from think-progress
  14. steveholtisgoingtostate reblogged this from think-progress
  15. geekgirlsarereal reblogged this from think-progress
  16. veeolee reblogged this from think-progress
  17. silence-of-abstract reblogged this from think-progress
  18. think-progress posted this

Vertigo Theme by Themelantic