A Tribe Called Quest Releases Statement Following Phife Dawg’s Death

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The hip-hop world was shocked at the news that Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor passed last night, with many fans paying homage to A Tribe Called Quest and the rapper all day today. Artists also showed love and took to social media to remember the 5 Ft. Assassin, posting their favorite lyrics and verses from the fallen hip-hop soldier.

After the family of Phife released a statement on him, ATCQ has now put out their own statement concerning his passing, saluting his family and everyone who has showed love to him today. You can read their message below. May Phife forever rest in power.

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 fathers call.

We love his family his mother, his father, his son, his wife, his nieces, his family here in New York, Atlanta, California and Trinidad.

Thank you for the outpouring of prayers and support from the fans, fellow artists, music outlets, blogs, radio stations, DJ’s, social media and the music community at large. This too is part of his joy and means a lot to him. His family is overwhelmed by the support, well wishes and are thankful. His music and what he’s contributed is seismic and hard to measure. He’s affected us as much as he’s affected all of you. We’re inspired by his daily joy and courage. He wasn’t in pain. He was happy.

We take comfort in knowing he will be beside his grandmother.

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