Phife Dawg (born Malik Taylor on April 20, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York), also known as the Five Foot Assassin, is an African Americanrapper who was a member of the acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest with high school classmates Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and for a short time Jarobi White. He has since started a solo career. April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Brooklyn (named after the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... NY redirects here. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip-hop group of the 1990s, formed in 1988. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Biography Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is a hip-hop DJ who enjoyed moderate fame as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. ... Jarobi White was the fourth member of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. ...
Besides being a part of the famous group A Tribe Called Quest, Phife has appearad in songs with other artists. He was featured on the Fu-Schnickens song "La Schmoove", Diamond D's "Painz & Strife" along with Pete Rock, and Black Sheep's "Let the Horns Blow" with Al' Tariq and Trugoy, among others. In 2000 he released his first solo LP, Ventilation: Da LP to mostly negative reviews[citation needed], although the criticism centered largely on the production's eclectic and seemingly lazy nature. Currently Phife is anticipating a second album titled Songs in the Key of Phife. The Fu-Schnickens were a hip-hop trio in the early 1990s. ... Diamond D (real name, Joseph Kirkland) is a hip-hop record producer and remixer from The Bronx, New York City. ... Pete Rock (born Peter Phillips, June 21, 1970 in Mount Vernon, New York) is an influential American Hip Hop DJ, producer, and rapper. ... Black Sheep may refer to many different things: // English language Black sheep is a derogatory colloquial term in the English language meaning an outsider or one who is different in a way which others disapprove of. ...
Whos The Man? is a 1993 American comedy directed by the late Ted Demme. ... The Rugrats Movie is a 1998 animated film, produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. ...
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He is a diabetic, and says that he was diagnosed in May 1990. [1]
He is a playable Character in the videogame NBA 2K7
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For PhifeDawg, a seasoned veteran with an impeccable hip-hop pedigree, there was only the road less traveled.
Phife flips it on "Lemme Find Out" and "4 Horseman" powered by a Jay-Dee depth-charge bass drop, then smoothes things out with "Beats, Rhymes and Phife" and "Melody Adonis." Getting used to Phife the soloist may not be easy, but this poignant, confident album demonstrates that he is for real.
Phife keeps it true by assailing hip-hop with an invigorating voice, giving the artform a much-needed gut-check in the process.
Since then, PhifeDawg and his Queens, N.Y., pals Q-Tip and DJ Ali helped to establish an era of laid-back, free-thinking, positive hip-hop, and paved the way for anti-gangsta artists such as Mos Def, Common and Jurassic 5.
By that point, anyone left doubting PhifeDawg's abilities or claiming that he was just Q-Tip's sidekick were left with more than a little egg on the face.
Dawg's Aug. 10 show at Sapphire precedes the Sept. 26 release date for his debut, "Ventilation," songs from which he'll be trying out on the crowd, even before the first single and video, "Flawless," goes into circulation.
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