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Brooklyn, New York, USA
Phife Dawg was an American rapper who became famous as a member of the group A Tribe Called Quest.
Known for
- NB90s2013
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ — Self2012
- Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest — Self2011
- Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras2002
- A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology2002
- The Rugrats Movie — Newborn Baby (Singing Voice)1998
- Free Tibet — Self - A Tribe Called Quest1998
- Who's the Man? — Gerald1993
- Yo! MTV Raps — Self1988
- A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1970-04-20
- Active to
- 2016-03-22
hip hop
Discography
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- Listeners
- 61,158
- Total plays
- 409,131
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Malik Isaac Taylor (November 20, 1970 – March 23, 2016), better known by his stage name Phife Dawg (or simply Phife), was an American rapper of Trinidadian descent, and a member of the legendary group A Tribe Called Quest with high school classmates Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (and for a short time Jarobi White). He was also known as the "Five Foot Assassin" and "The Five Footer", because he stood at 5 ft 3 in. In addition to being a member of pioneering hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, P
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Taylor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Contra Costa County
- Occupation
- rapper
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Jive Records
- Image
- Phife-dawg-jm3-funyons.jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Phife Dawg
- date of birth
- 1970-11-20
- birth name
- Malik Izaak Taylor
- date of death
- 2016-03-22
- cause of death
- diabetes
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Phife Dawg
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- social media followers
- 33199
- member of
- A Tribe Called Quest
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