Tribute to a Beloved Philly Dawg "Hip-Hop Writers Reflect on Phife Dawg, the Lyrical Genius & Relatable Rapper"

Malik Taylor or Famous with Phile Dawg

The world has lost one of the best rappers. The Rapper that could became a beloving father,husband,brother and friend. Malik Taylor or Phile Dawg, died due to complications from diabetes at the age of 45.The rapper's death confirmed after two days.

Phife Dawg may have been small person,He was also known as the "Five Foot Assassin" and "The Five Footer", because he stood at 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m). but his impact on hip-hop music just like "lost a giant".Everyone from Nicki Minaj to Kendrick Lamar has weighed in on the legendary rapper’s influence, and now, we’re hearing from A Tribe Called Quest itself, the revolutionary group that Phife co-founded when he was just a teenager.

Taylor had had health issues for years, undergoing a kidney transplant in 2008 to deal with a longtime battle with diabetes. "It's really a sickness," Taylor said in Beats, Rhymes & Life, Michael Rapaport's candid 2011 documentary on the group. "Like straight-up drugs. I'm just addicted to sugar."

Kendrick Lamar dedicated his stage in Australia to Phife Dawg, shortly after hear his death brokrn online."today, we lost one of the pioneers in hip-hop,that is Phife Dawg".

This is a shocking news.Everyone from Nicki Minaj to Kendrick Lamar has weighed in on the legendary rapper’s influence, and now, we’re hearing from A Tribe Called Quest itself, the revolutionary group that Phife co-founded when he was just a teenager.

“Our hearts are heavy. We are devastated,” the statement reads. “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 group said in the statement.

The hip-hop world was affected his music and his contribution.he is a humble person, he can make a great lyric.he also avid sports fan,so much so that he had been featured on various radio shows and sports programming on ESPN.He was also a playable character in the video games NBA 2K7 and NBA 2K9.

Taylor appeared on all five of the group's studio albums, most notably 1991's The Low End Theory and 1993's Midnight Marauders, acting as the high-pitched, gruff vocal counterpoint to Q-Tip's smooth, mellow flow. The group broke up and reunited multiple times since the release of their last album, 1998's the Love Movement. As documented in Beats, Rhymes & Life, the group would sporadically reunite for live shows, but stopped short at recording new material.

Health problems deterred Taylor from recording much solo material, though the rapper released his only solo album Ventilation: Da LP in 2000. Speaking to Rolling Stone last November, Taylor was tentatively optimistic about both his health and future recording plans.

"I am in a good spot, but I have my good days and I have my bad days," he said at the time. "But I'm more or less in a good spot, so I can't really complain." In the same interview, Taylor revealed plans to release the J Dilla-produced "Nutshell," the first single off a planned EP titled Give Thanks. The rapper released a video preview of the song, though a full version has yet to be released. Prior to his death, Taylor had also been at work on Muttymorphosis, his new LP that would have functioned as "basically my life story" that he hoped to have released later this year.

Phife was an around-the-way guy with incredible skills on the mic and a personality that lit up any stage he strutted across. He was someone you always loved hearing, but he wasn’t intimidating. In a lot of ways that’s as or even more powerful than someone with “God” status on the mic (Rakim, for example). It’s about relatability, and Phife had it for days. Decades, in fact. He was a great man, and all of his fans will miss him, now and for many, many years to come.

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