Shaquille O’Neal is returning to rap.
The NBA legend who released four hip-hop albums in the ‘90s will drop a new single called “King Talk” on May 2 in celebration of the NBA Playoffs. It is a collaboration with Ghanian-American rapper Blackway.
O’Neal first teased the song on Feb. 7 on his Twitter, Instagram and TikTok in an animation video that celebrated LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
The 51-year-old entertainer had success in the ‘90s with music, including the platinum-selling album Shaq Diesel, released in 1993. It featured the gold-selling singles “What’s Up Doc? (Can We Rock)” and “(I Know I Got) Skillz” — which both cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart — as well as collaborations with late A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg, Def Jef and Fu-Schnickens. Some of the tracks were produced by Epmd’s Erick Sermon and Tribe’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad.
The NBA legend who released four hip-hop albums in the ‘90s will drop a new single called “King Talk” on May 2 in celebration of the NBA Playoffs. It is a collaboration with Ghanian-American rapper Blackway.
O’Neal first teased the song on Feb. 7 on his Twitter, Instagram and TikTok in an animation video that celebrated LeBron James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
The 51-year-old entertainer had success in the ‘90s with music, including the platinum-selling album Shaq Diesel, released in 1993. It featured the gold-selling singles “What’s Up Doc? (Can We Rock)” and “(I Know I Got) Skillz” — which both cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart — as well as collaborations with late A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg, Def Jef and Fu-Schnickens. Some of the tracks were produced by Epmd’s Erick Sermon and Tribe’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad.
- 4/28/2023
- by Mesfin Fekadu
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Phife Dawg’s estate has shared a new music video for “Forever,” the final song the Tribe Called Quest rapper ever recorded and the title track from his new posthumous album.
Directed by Tony Reames and Dion “Rasta Root” Liverpool, the clip pairs the sprawling “Forever” with some lyric video-style animations — but with a very personal and poignant twist — and an array of photos and videos from throughout Phife’s life and career.
“When I first heard ‘Forever’, I was not prepared for the depth and honesty, it took me...
Directed by Tony Reames and Dion “Rasta Root” Liverpool, the clip pairs the sprawling “Forever” with some lyric video-style animations — but with a very personal and poignant twist — and an array of photos and videos from throughout Phife’s life and career.
“When I first heard ‘Forever’, I was not prepared for the depth and honesty, it took me...
- 3/31/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Any posthumous album is, by its nature, haunting — the sound of ghosts on wax forever floating in a state between unfinished project and final-ever recordings. But in the case of Phife Dawg, who died in 2016 at the age of 45 from diabetes complications, that purgatorial sense feels particularly cruel. At the time of his death, the rapper born Malik Taylor had reunited — albeit tenuously — with New York hip-hop icons A Tribe Called Quest. That reunion led to Tribe’s final album, the excellent We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service,...
- 3/22/2022
- by Jason Newman
- Rollingstone.com
The Phife Dawg estate has shared the tracklist for the A Tribe Called Quest Mc’s posthumous album Forever, revealing appearances from Q-Tip, Rhapsody with Renée Neufville, and De La Soul’s Maseo and Pos, among others.
Forever arrives on March 22, six years to the date of Phife Dawg’s death. As Rolling Stone reported last year, the artist began chipping away at the album while working on A Tribe Called Quest’s sixth and final studio album We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service, released in November...
Forever arrives on March 22, six years to the date of Phife Dawg’s death. As Rolling Stone reported last year, the artist began chipping away at the album while working on A Tribe Called Quest’s sixth and final studio album We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service, released in November...
- 3/15/2022
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
The nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 are in, and the list features Eminem, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Duran Duran, Beck, Pat Benatar, Carly Simon, A Tribe Called Quest, Kate Bush, Devo, Judas Priest, Eurythmics, Fela Kuti, MC5, New York Dolls, Rage Against the Machine, and Dionne Warwick. The top vote-getters will be announced in May and inducted in the fall.
“This year’s ballot recognizes a diverse group of incredible artists, each who has had a profound impact on the sound of youth culture,...
“This year’s ballot recognizes a diverse group of incredible artists, each who has had a profound impact on the sound of youth culture,...
- 2/2/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Phife Dawg’s long-awaited posthumous album, Forever, is set to arrive on March 22, 2022, the sixth anniversary of the A Tribe Called Quest Mc’s death.
Forever will feature songs Phife Dawg had begun working on before his death in March 2016. A full tracklist wasn’t revealed, but the LP will include, “Nutshell Pt. 2,” a track featuring Busta Rhymes and Redman, which was released earlier this year. Phife Dawg’s frequent collaborator and business partner, Dion Liverpool, oversaw the completion of Forever, and the LP will arrive via his Smokin’ Needles...
Forever will feature songs Phife Dawg had begun working on before his death in March 2016. A full tracklist wasn’t revealed, but the LP will include, “Nutshell Pt. 2,” a track featuring Busta Rhymes and Redman, which was released earlier this year. Phife Dawg’s frequent collaborator and business partner, Dion Liverpool, oversaw the completion of Forever, and the LP will arrive via his Smokin’ Needles...
- 11/22/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The estate of Phife Dawg has released a new posthumous track and music video, “French Kiss Trois,” featuring Redman and Illa J (the younger brother of the late J Dilla).
“French Kiss Trois” — as one might expect — is a follow-up to “French Kiss Deux,” another posthumous Phife cut that was released in May, produced by Potatohead People and also featured Illa J. “Trois” came about after Redman heard “Deux” and knew he wanted to hop on the track himself.
Both versions of “French Kiss” pay homage to the city of Montreal,...
“French Kiss Trois” — as one might expect — is a follow-up to “French Kiss Deux,” another posthumous Phife cut that was released in May, produced by Potatohead People and also featured Illa J. “Trois” came about after Redman heard “Deux” and knew he wanted to hop on the track himself.
Both versions of “French Kiss” pay homage to the city of Montreal,...
- 9/3/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
A Tribe Called Quest has sold an Nft for royalties to their first five studio albums via Royalty Exchange. The sale closed for 40.191 Eth, the equivalent of $84,765.
The sale, which started at $35,000, encompasses 1.5% of sound recording royalties from the group’s first five albums: The group’s 1990 debut People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm along with The Low-End Theory, Midnight Marauders, Beats, Rhymes and Life, and The Love Movement.
The winner will earn money every time the songs in question are streamed, played on the radio, sold physically,...
The sale, which started at $35,000, encompasses 1.5% of sound recording royalties from the group’s first five albums: The group’s 1990 debut People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm along with The Low-End Theory, Midnight Marauders, Beats, Rhymes and Life, and The Love Movement.
The winner will earn money every time the songs in question are streamed, played on the radio, sold physically,...
- 7/2/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Phife Dawg’s mother believes it is important to open with a story that illuminates the cleverness and wit that her son carried through most of his life.
“Malik started playing piano at age eight,” the poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor says. “He stuck with it for about three years, and then finally one day he came home very agitated. He and his teacher had had a huge fight. Malik told me that he was not returning to piano lessons and that he didn’t want to work with his teacher anymore because her breath stunk.
“Malik started playing piano at age eight,” the poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor says. “He stuck with it for about three years, and then finally one day he came home very agitated. He and his teacher had had a huge fight. Malik told me that he was not returning to piano lessons and that he didn’t want to work with his teacher anymore because her breath stunk.
- 5/5/2021
- by Hanif Abdurraqib
- Rollingstone.com
On the fifth anniversary of Phife Dawg’s death, March 22nd, a new video has arrived for the rapper’s posthumous single, “Nutshell Part 2,” featuring Busta Rhymes and Redman.
The video was directed by Tony Reames and features old footage of the late A Tribe Called Rapper spitting the spirited track (including for a rapt audience at a diner table). Busta Rhymes and Redman also appear in the clip, as do Q-Tip, Consequence, and DJ Rasta Root.
“Nutshell Part 2” is a remix of a track, “Nutshell,” released one month after Phife Dawg’s death.
The video was directed by Tony Reames and features old footage of the late A Tribe Called Rapper spitting the spirited track (including for a rapt audience at a diner table). Busta Rhymes and Redman also appear in the clip, as do Q-Tip, Consequence, and DJ Rasta Root.
“Nutshell Part 2” is a remix of a track, “Nutshell,” released one month after Phife Dawg’s death.
- 3/22/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Phife Dawg teams with Busta Rhymes and Redman for his posthumous single “Nutshell Part 2,” a remix of a track that was released one month after the A Tribe Called Quest rapper’s March 2016 death.
Boasting the same J Dilla beat as the original “Nutshell,” the late Phife Dawg took a recalibrated lyrical approach to “Nutshell Part 2,” with Busta Rhymes (a frequent Atcq collaborator) and Redman both conjuring up spirited verses.
“Nutshell Part 2” was originally intended for Phife Dawg’s Give Thanks EP, but that project — as well as his planned...
Boasting the same J Dilla beat as the original “Nutshell,” the late Phife Dawg took a recalibrated lyrical approach to “Nutshell Part 2,” with Busta Rhymes (a frequent Atcq collaborator) and Redman both conjuring up spirited verses.
“Nutshell Part 2” was originally intended for Phife Dawg’s Give Thanks EP, but that project — as well as his planned...
- 2/12/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Five years after the death of A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg, the rapper’s second solo album is set to be posthumously released later this year.
Titled Forever, the album will be preceded Friday by first single “Nutshell Part 2” featuring Busta Rhymes and Redman, a continuation of sorts of Phife Dawg’s final single “Nutshell,” released less than a month after his March 2016 death.
In November 2015 — a year before A Tribe Called Quest’s reunion LP We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service, which later served...
Titled Forever, the album will be preceded Friday by first single “Nutshell Part 2” featuring Busta Rhymes and Redman, a continuation of sorts of Phife Dawg’s final single “Nutshell,” released less than a month after his March 2016 death.
In November 2015 — a year before A Tribe Called Quest’s reunion LP We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service, which later served...
- 2/11/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Throughout world history, music has served as a balm for those living under oppression, as much it’s served as a tool of empowerment. The latest installment in Rolling Stone‘s new weekly playlist series, “Music at Home,” features 12 tracks honoring the legacy of global Black resistance in song. Feel free to blast these songs as you pre-game for the next protest against anti-Black violence and police brutality — or alternatively, as you direct money towards jail support and mutual aid funds from the safety of your own home.
(Find this playlist on Spotify here.
(Find this playlist on Spotify here.
- 6/6/2020
- by Suzy Exposito
- Rollingstone.com
Here’s a partial list of musicians we lost in the 2010s: Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Chuck Berry, Ornette Coleman, B.B. King, Etta James, Whitney Houston, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Prince, Merle Haggard, Kitty Wells, João Gilberto, Ravi Shankar, Tabu Ley Rochereau, David Mancuso, Amy Winehouse, Abbie Lincoln, Gil Scott Heron, George Jones, George Martin, George Michael, Allen Toussaint, Donna Summer, Phife Dawg, Prodigy, Adam Yauch, Heavy D, Captain Beefheart, Robert Hunter, Gregory Isaacs, Johnny Otis, Big Jay McNeely, Levon Helm, Kate McGarrigle, Guy Clark, Pete Seeger, Ralph Stanley, Gregg Allman,...
- 12/11/2019
- by Will Hermes
- Rollingstone.com
Anderson .Paak’s third LP Oxnard is his first release on Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label, and for longtime fans It’s been interesting (and maybe a bit worrying) to watch him scale up his career goals to meet the ambitions of his new corporate benefactors. There have been subtle placements of his music in NBA broadcasts, less-subtle and omnipresent placements on Dr. Dre’s Beats 1 streaming service, even a free promotional carnival in .Paak’s hometown of Oxnard, California to celebrate his new LP.
But his supporters shouldn’t worry.
But his supporters shouldn’t worry.
- 11/19/2018
- by Mosi Reeves
- Rollingstone.com
When the Black Eyed Peas returned from years of silence last spring with the cool jazz flow and defiantly political lyricism of “Street Livin’,” they caught the music world by surprise. Finally, many of us collectively thought: the real Black Eyed Peas are back, the true-school trio who once turned heads with their well-received 1998 debut Behind the Front. And they finally got rid of “the white girl”—the racially-tinged epithet some use to denigrate former member Fergie, who helped launch the group to superstardom when she joined in 2002. As they...
- 11/2/2018
- by Mosi Reeves
- Rollingstone.com
The U.K.’s Bestival music fest was a bittersweet experience for fans of A Tribe Called Quest, who confirmed their performance on Saturday would be the group’s last ever. “A Tribe Called Quest, we suffered a blow,” said group-member Q-Tip midway through the performance in Dorset, England. “We lost our boy Phife Dawg. This is gonna […]...
- 9/10/2017
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
After the death of Phife Dawg, A Tribe Called Quest released a vital album and performed live in their home city for the final time.
- 7/31/2017
- by Craig Jenkins
- Vulture
Move over Coachella, because Fyf Fest is coming for you.
The three-day music festival brought hip-hop’s biggest names to Los Angeles this past weekend, and it did not disappoint! From the music and comedy to the fashion and food, here are the major moments you missed.
1. Missy Elliott’s First U.S. Performance in 10 Years
The queen of hip hop, 46, headlined night one of the festival, in what festival organizers said was her only show this year. The artist, who had several outfit changes while on stage, came out dressed in a white bedazzled jacket and ripped white denim.
The three-day music festival brought hip-hop’s biggest names to Los Angeles this past weekend, and it did not disappoint! From the music and comedy to the fashion and food, here are the major moments you missed.
1. Missy Elliott’s First U.S. Performance in 10 Years
The queen of hip hop, 46, headlined night one of the festival, in what festival organizers said was her only show this year. The artist, who had several outfit changes while on stage, came out dressed in a white bedazzled jacket and ripped white denim.
- 7/24/2017
- by Hannah Kavy
- PEOPLE.com
Joined by Anderson .Paak, A Tribe Called Quest took the Grammys stage Sunday to run through a career-spanning medley — and they used their national stage to take aim at the new president.
The final song of their mini-set — which included “Award Tour,” “Can I Kick It?,” and “Movin Backwards” — was “We the People,” the incendiary cut off their 2016 album We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service. As the instrumental began to play, longtime Tribe affiliate Busta Rhymes took a moment to address America’s current political state.
“I just wanna thank President Agent Orange for perpetuating all of...
The final song of their mini-set — which included “Award Tour,” “Can I Kick It?,” and “Movin Backwards” — was “We the People,” the incendiary cut off their 2016 album We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service. As the instrumental began to play, longtime Tribe affiliate Busta Rhymes took a moment to address America’s current political state.
“I just wanna thank President Agent Orange for perpetuating all of...
- 2/13/2017
- by Eric Renner Brown
- PEOPLE.com
It may only be January, but it’s never too soon to celebrate the musical acts performing at this year’s Panorama Music Festival on New York’s Randall’s Island in July.
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The three-day fest from July 28-31 will include headliners and co-headliners Frank Ocean, Solange, Tame Impala, Alt-j, Nine Inch Nails and A Tribe Called Quest. Vulture noted that the event marks the first major performance by A Tribe Called Quest since the death of former member Phife Dawg.
Other notable acts include Mgmt, Future Islands, Tyler the Creator, Spoon, Nick Murphy, Nicolas Jaar, Belle & Sebastian, Justice, Glass Animals, Cashmere Cat, Angel Olsen, Girl Talk, DJ Shadow, Vance Joy, Isaiah Rashad, MØ, Breakout, Vince Staples, Jaguar Ma, Matoma, Mitski, Hot Since 82, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness,...
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The three-day fest from July 28-31 will include headliners and co-headliners Frank Ocean, Solange, Tame Impala, Alt-j, Nine Inch Nails and A Tribe Called Quest. Vulture noted that the event marks the first major performance by A Tribe Called Quest since the death of former member Phife Dawg.
Other notable acts include Mgmt, Future Islands, Tyler the Creator, Spoon, Nick Murphy, Nicolas Jaar, Belle & Sebastian, Justice, Glass Animals, Cashmere Cat, Angel Olsen, Girl Talk, DJ Shadow, Vance Joy, Isaiah Rashad, MØ, Breakout, Vince Staples, Jaguar Ma, Matoma, Mitski, Hot Since 82, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness,...
- 1/9/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Before I get started, I wanted to say I hope you enjoyed or are continuing to enjoy every Holiday you may have or are celebrating. I had a merry Christmas myself despite some people simply wishing me a “happy holidays!” I don’t know how I got through it either. And since this is my last column of 2016, a preemptive happy new year to you all as well.
Now that we got that out of the way, these last few days or so have been rough for science fiction, comic book, and music fans. Carrie Fisher, who has been enjoying a career renaissance, had suffered a massive heart attack and as of the time I’m writing this is in stable condition, but is still in intensive care. We wish her a full and speedy recovery.
Peter David, one of my favorite comic book writers as well as a seasoned...
Now that we got that out of the way, these last few days or so have been rough for science fiction, comic book, and music fans. Carrie Fisher, who has been enjoying a career renaissance, had suffered a massive heart attack and as of the time I’m writing this is in stable condition, but is still in intensive care. We wish her a full and speedy recovery.
Peter David, one of my favorite comic book writers as well as a seasoned...
- 12/27/2016
- by Joe Corallo
- Comicmix.com
Good things come to those who wait, and A Tribe Called Quest have been waiting for a very long time. After over 20 years, a hiatus that spanned nearly just as long, and the untimely death of member Phife Dawg, the iconic hip-hop group have another number one album with their recently released record, We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service.
Released only weeks after being announced, We Got It From Here… manages to snag the number one spot with a respectable 135,000 equivalent album units moved, where 112,000 of that figure were traditional album sales. The group’s previous number one record was 1996’s Beats, Rhymes, and Life, and that massive gap is the largest between number one hip-hop albums for an artist in Billboard’s history.
You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t agree with the success that the album has had. Widely regarded as...
Released only weeks after being announced, We Got It From Here… manages to snag the number one spot with a respectable 135,000 equivalent album units moved, where 112,000 of that figure were traditional album sales. The group’s previous number one record was 1996’s Beats, Rhymes, and Life, and that massive gap is the largest between number one hip-hop albums for an artist in Billboard’s history.
You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t agree with the success that the album has had. Widely regarded as...
- 11/21/2016
- by Joe DeAndrea
- We Got This Covered
A Tribe Called Quest have returned to the top spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart twenty years later. The American hip-hop group, who lost their Mc Phife Dawg earlier this year in March, have topped the chart with their new and final album, “We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service”, which was […]...
- 11/21/2016
- by Cat Williams
- ET Canada
With apologies to the Cleveland Indians, some baseball fans are focused today on a different Tribe. The Oakland Athletics’ Twitter feed is celebrating the release of the (excellent) new A Tribe Called Quest album with a series of tweets and Facebook posts pairing Athletics GIFs with the names of Atcq classics. A smooth catch by Jake Smolinski is titled “Electric Relaxation.” Some air-drumming in the dugout is called “Jazz (We Got).” Two players studying a tablet? “Lyrics to Go.” If the blend of baseball and hip-hop sounds weird, bear in mind: Tribe’s Phife Dawg was living in Oakland before he died.
- 11/11/2016
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
It may be hard to remember the last time Saturday Night Live mattered before this weekend’s upcoming episode aired, but this is a doozy: Self-exiled genius comic Dave Chappelle is hosting with musical guest, long-disbanded genius hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, who just released their final album on Friday. It will be epic. Here’s why.
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Unexpected Reunion
Before the show was announced, you didn’t think Atcq would perform again, and now you know the group won’t perform again. If you saw the fascinating documentary Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, then you know that there was no chance of Atcq reuniting. Q-Tip’s ego, Phife Dawg’s feelings and Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s solo success made it seem impossible. (Meanwhile, Jarobi White left the group in 1991 but rejoined in 2006.)
Then, to...
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Unexpected Reunion
Before the show was announced, you didn’t think Atcq would perform again, and now you know the group won’t perform again. If you saw the fascinating documentary Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, then you know that there was no chance of Atcq reuniting. Q-Tip’s ego, Phife Dawg’s feelings and Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s solo success made it seem impossible. (Meanwhile, Jarobi White left the group in 1991 but rejoined in 2006.)
Then, to...
- 11/11/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Forget Trump and Clinton debate cold opens: Saturday Night Live has secured a monster post-Election Day episode as comedian Dave Chappelle will make his SNL debut when he hosts on November 12th. The surviving members of A Tribe Called Quest will serve as the episode's musical guests.
For Chappelle, the hosting gig is the comedian's long-awaited return of sorts to television after he abruptly abandoned his beloved Comedy Central show in 2006. While Chappelle has continued to tour over the past decade, he has just one television/film credit – 2015's Chiraq – since Chappelle's Show ended.
For Chappelle, the hosting gig is the comedian's long-awaited return of sorts to television after he abruptly abandoned his beloved Comedy Central show in 2006. While Chappelle has continued to tour over the past decade, he has just one television/film credit – 2015's Chiraq – since Chappelle's Show ended.
- 11/4/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Dave Chappelle will host the November 12 “Saturday Night Live,” marking his much-anticipated (and overdue) debut. That’s five days after Election Day, as if “SNL” needed any more buzz that week. The former “Chappelle’s Show” host’s musical guest will be legendary hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, which is releasing its first studio album in 18 years. “We Got It From Here … Thank You 4 Your Service” is due out on Nov. 11. The next night will also mark Tribe’s “SNL” debut. The group’s new album is the last to feature founding Tribe member Phife Dawg. The emcee passed away in March following a.
- 11/4/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
The band A Tribe Called Quest have reunited for their last album which is to be released on Nov. 11. The band lost their co-founder Phife Dawg earlier this year after he died at the age of 45. The band revealed their plans for an album on Facebook and Twitter via a handwritten note by […]
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- 10/30/2016
- by Aleks Simeonova
- Uinterview
The plan to co-name a NYC boulevard after A Tribe Called Quest took a slight left turn -- but it still praises late rapper, Phife Dawg. Linden Blvd in Queens -- which Tribe rapped about all the time -- will also be known as Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor Way. The original plan was to name it A Tribe Called Quest Blvd, but councilman Daneek Miller's chief of staff tells TMZ ... Phife's widow requested it be changed to honor Phife alone.
- 8/4/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Iconic singer-songwriter and style icon David Bowie died on Jan. 10, two days after the release of his 25th album “Blackstar.” He was 69 years old. Prince Rogers Nelson, known simply to his fans as Prince, died at age 57 on Apr. 21. Prince was known worldwide as one of the biggest rock stars of the 80s, with songs like “Purple Rain” and “Sign o’ The Times.” Malik Taylor, a.k.a. Phife Dawg, died on Mar. 23 at age 45. The rapper was the co-founder of the legendary hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Robert Stigwood, former manager of Cream and The Bee...
- 4/22/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
At some point on Thursday afternoon, fabled music publicist Mitch Schneider says he just stopped receiving new emails. His inbox went stagnant soon after news of iconic musician Prince's death broke online. "My email has completely stopped, which hasn't actually happened since 9/11," Schneider tells People. "I think folks throughout the music industry are simply stunned right now. It's hard not to feel like something has been taken from you, and taken without warning." Schneider, the president and CEO for the Los Angeles-based Mitch Schneider Organization, says he represented Prince during the early to mid-1990s, when the music legend released three separate LPs.
- 4/21/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
At some point on Thursday afternoon, fabled music publicist Mitch Schneider says he just stopped receiving new emails. His inbox went stagnant soon after news of iconic musician Prince's death broke online. "My email has completely stopped, which hasn't actually happened since 9/11," Schneider tells People. "I think folks throughout the music industry are simply stunned right now. It's hard not to feel like something has been taken from you, and taken without warning." Schneider, the president and CEO for the Los Angeles-based Mitch Schneider Organization, says he represented Prince during the early to mid-1990s, when the music legend released three separate LPs.
- 4/21/2016
- by Chris Harris, @chrisharrisment
- PEOPLE.com
Kanye West paid tribute to Phife Dawg at a memorial service for the A Tribe Called Quest rapper. Hundreds gathered at New York City's Apollo Theater Tuesday to pay their respects to the musician (born Malik Taylor), who died from diabetes-related complications last month at age 45. Stars including Lauryn Hill, LL Cool J and L.A. Reid were seen in the crowd. In addition to West, André 3000, Chuck D, Michael Rapaport and Busta Rhymes addressed the audience, while D'Angelo, Grandmaster Flash, The Roots and others performed. A Tribe Called Quest's Jarobi and Ali Shaheed Muhammad Q-Tip eulogized Taylor at the end of the four-hour service. West spoke for eight minutes, saying he owed his career to...
- 4/6/2016
- E! Online
Since any New York cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Metrograph
“Welcome to Metrograph: A-z” brings George A. Romero‘s greatest zombie picture, Day of the Dead, on Friday. Saturday includes Abbas Kiarostami‘s Close-Up, Robert Bresson‘s The Devil, Probably (also playing on Sunday), and Coming Apart; Sunday, see the Maggie Cheung-led Comrades: Almost a Love Story.
“Three Wiseman” offers two Wisemans: High School and Titicut Follies.
Metrograph
“Welcome to Metrograph: A-z” brings George A. Romero‘s greatest zombie picture, Day of the Dead, on Friday. Saturday includes Abbas Kiarostami‘s Close-Up, Robert Bresson‘s The Devil, Probably (also playing on Sunday), and Coming Apart; Sunday, see the Maggie Cheung-led Comrades: Almost a Love Story.
“Three Wiseman” offers two Wisemans: High School and Titicut Follies.
- 4/1/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Phife Dawg is one key step closer to getting a permanent tribute in his hometown -- renaming the street he rapped about all the time ... A Tribe Called Quest Boulevard. After Phife died last week, a petition was started to encourage city council members to co-name Linden Blvd (represent, represent) in Queens. It's already approaching its goal of 5,000 signatures. Sources involved in the campaign tell us they crossed another hurdle -- getting Phife's family to sign off on the plan.
- 3/29/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Chicago – It was announced last week on March 22nd, 2016, that a hip-hop pioneer, Phife Dawg of the group “A Tribe Called Quest,” passed away at the age of 45. It was Phife, along with Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi White, that created a new voice in the evolution from rap to hip hop.
In 2011, a documentary regarding the group, “Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest’ was released, and Phife Dawg was on the promotional tour for the film. In appreciation of his life and music contributions, HollywoodChicago.com reprints the interview from that tour.
Phife Dawg (left) Performs in A Tribe Called Quest
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Classics
HollywoodChicago.com: Phife, you talk about your childhood with Q-Tip growing up in Queens. What was that time and place like and how did it influence and inspire your eventual hip-hop career?
Phife Dawg: New York City pretty much reeked of music.
In 2011, a documentary regarding the group, “Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest’ was released, and Phife Dawg was on the promotional tour for the film. In appreciation of his life and music contributions, HollywoodChicago.com reprints the interview from that tour.
Phife Dawg (left) Performs in A Tribe Called Quest
Photo credit: Sony Pictures Classics
HollywoodChicago.com: Phife, you talk about your childhood with Q-Tip growing up in Queens. What was that time and place like and how did it influence and inspire your eventual hip-hop career?
Phife Dawg: New York City pretty much reeked of music.
- 3/27/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Atlanta news station Wsb-tv paid tribute to the late rapper Phife Dawg in their broadcast yesterday. The co-founder of A Tribe Called Quest passed away Tuesday at the age of 45. His family cited "complications resulting from diabetes" as the cause. In the above video, traffic reporter Mark Arum and anchor Fred Blankenship of the Atlanta, Georgia, ABC affiliate seamlessly work the hip-hop artist's lyrics into the station's traffic updates. Arum drops lyrics as he launches into his traffic report: "This rush hour couple of more hits than the Braves or the Yankees." He also references more of Phife Dawg's memorable verses as he checks in with a reporter in the Wsb...
- 3/24/2016
- E! Online
Wsb-tv traffic reporter Mark Arum paid a beautiful tribute to Phife Dawg on Wednesday, lacing his reports with classic lyrics from the Tribe Called Quest legend. Wednesday’s Atlanta traffic, he said, “Came with more hits than the Braves and the Yankees” (from “Award Tour.”) He invited viewers to “tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram” — and asked if traffic was “ludicrously speedy or infectious with the slo-mo” (both from “Check the Rhime,” though the latter lyric was actually Q Tip’s). It was, unfortunately, infectious with the slo-mo. Also Read: R.I.P. Phife Dawg: An Appreciation,...
- 3/24/2016
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Following the tragic passing of Phife Dawg, A Tribe Called Quest has just released the following statement honoring the beloved band's co-founder. "Our hearts are heavy. We are devastated. This is something we weren't prepared for although we all know that life is fleeting. It was no secret about his health and his fight. But the fight for his joy and happiness gave him everything he needed. The fight to keep his family happy, his soul happy and those around him happy, gave him complete and unadulterated joy…until he heeded his father's call." The group's statement continued, "We love his family, his mother, his father, his son, his wife, his nieces, his family here in New York,...
- 3/23/2016
- E! Online
The hip-hop community and music fans aren't the only ones mourning the death of Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor Wednesday as actors, baseball teams and even morning news programs are remembering the influential rapper. In a clever tribute to the quotable lyricist, Wsb-tv's Mark Arum masterfully weaved some of Phife Dawg's greatest rhymes into his morning commute traffic report, turning gridlock on Atlanta highways into a fitting tribute for the Tribe Called Quest rapper.
Among the lines Arum stuffs into his Phife-quoting traffic report are "Coming with more hits than the Braves and the Yankees,...
Among the lines Arum stuffs into his Phife-quoting traffic report are "Coming with more hits than the Braves and the Yankees,...
- 3/23/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Known by many as a pioneer in the hip hop realm, Phife Dawg passed away on Wednesday (March 23) at 45 years of age.
A founding member of the influential hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, Phife (real name Malik Taylor) recorded five albums with his fellow members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad as well as a solo album called Ventilation: Da LP in 2000.
And while there’s no official word as to the cause of death, Phife was known to have health problems that stemmed from a long battle with Type 1 diabetes. Stay linked to the Gossip Center for further details.
A founding member of the influential hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, Phife (real name Malik Taylor) recorded five albums with his fellow members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad as well as a solo album called Ventilation: Da LP in 2000.
And while there’s no official word as to the cause of death, Phife was known to have health problems that stemmed from a long battle with Type 1 diabetes. Stay linked to the Gossip Center for further details.
- 3/23/2016
- GossipCenter
His name was weird. He was the harder of the two lead guys in A Tribe Called Quest to love, because come on: Q-Tip is the most charming guy imaginable. He dropped rhymes that will be stuck in my head forever, about Seamans furniture, Dawn from En Vogue, Mayor David Dinkins. Phife Dawg, insanely, horribly, is dead at 45. His rhymes were inscrutable, bouncing from playful to gross, his voice full of energy and bite. But he was a guy you learned to love, listening to Tribe Called Quest albums a million times over, because he was so honest and...
- 3/23/2016
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
10:40 Am Pt -- Phife's family just released a statement confirming the rapper died from diabetes. Phife Dawg -- a member of the iconic rap group A Tribe Called Quest -- died Wednesday. Phife battled health problems for years -- he suffered from Type 1 diabetes -- and 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...
- 3/23/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Rapper Phife Dawg, a member of A Tribe Called Quest, has died at the age of 45 due to health problems. A Tribe Called Quest’S Phife Dawg Dead At 45 News of the rapper’s death spread over Twitter after Rolling Stone confirmed the news Wednesday morning. An official statement has yet to be released. The late […]
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- 3/23/2016
- by Crystal Smith
- Uinterview
A Tribe Called Quest founding member Phife Dawg has died. The rapper, real name Malik Taylor, was 45. No official statement has been released yet, nor a cause of death. Taylor battled Type 1 diabetes for a long time, however, even undergoing a kidney transplant in 2008. The donor was his wife. Taylor, a self-described sugar addict, said in an interview last year that he was on the list for another kidney transplant. While the emcee’s passing appears to have been first broken by friends on Twitter, Rolling Stone was able to confirm the news. Also Read: Brussels Terrorist Attacks: 8 Latest Developments A.
- 3/23/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Phife Dawg - a founding member of iconic hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest - died Tuesday after a long health battle, Billboard reports. He was 45. An official statement on his death has not yet been released, but Dawg (né Malik Taylor) had been candid about his struggle with Type 1 diabetes. He was diagnosed in May 1990, one month after A Tribe Called Quest released their first album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. "I thought it was over," he told dLife. "I didn't know everything that I would have to go through - the rights and the wrongs,...
- 3/23/2016
- by Nick Maslow, @nickmaslow
- PEOPLE.com
Phife Dawg - a founding member of iconic hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest - died Tuesday after a long health battle, Billboard reports. He was 45. An official statement on his death has not yet been released, but Dawg (né Malik Taylor) had been candid about his struggle with Type 1 diabetes. He was diagnosed in May 1990, one month after A Tribe Called Quest released their first album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. "I thought it was over," he told dLife. "I didn't know everything that I would have to go through - the rights and the wrongs,...
- 3/23/2016
- by Nick Maslow, @nickmaslow
- PEOPLE.com
A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg has died at age 45. News of his passing emerged on Twitter overnight, and Rolling Stone confirmed his death Wednesday morning; an official statement has yet to be released. Born Malik Taylor in 1970, he suffered from health issues in recent years, undergoing a kidney transplant in 2008 to deal with his longtime battle with Type 1 diabetes. "It's really a sickness," Taylor said in the band's 2011 documentary, Beats, Rhymes & Life. "Like straight-up drugs. I'm just addicted to sugar." Taylor co-founded A Tribe Called Quest in 1985 with, Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, his classmates from Queens, New York; a fourth band member, Jarobi White, left the...
- 3/23/2016
- E! Online
A Tribe Called Quest made their first television appearance together in over 15 years Friday as the trailblazing hip-hop group's Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi White joined forces with the Roots for an energetic rendition of "Can I Kick It?" on The Tonight Show.
The founding members of Atcq staged their one-off reunion to celebrate the 25th anniversary reissue of their debut LP People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, which was released Friday. Although the Tribe hadn't performed together in a few years, they were still...
The founding members of Atcq staged their one-off reunion to celebrate the 25th anniversary reissue of their debut LP People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, which was released Friday. Although the Tribe hadn't performed together in a few years, they were still...
- 11/14/2015
- Rollingstone.com
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