Malik Taylor aka Phife Dawg transitioned on March 22, 2016, from complications resulting from diabetes. His was 45 years-old. He was a husband, father, brother, and a member A Tribe Called Quest. Phife Dawg’s passing is a closing portal to my childhood. It was 1991 and I was a Orlando suburban kid, pimping my Afrocentric Cross Colours gear and big purple suede Karl Kani shorts. If it weren’t for my baggy clothes, I was so skinny that I could turn …
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What’s a fat man without food in his gut? What’s a child birth, without the umbilical? What’s United Parcel, without the deliverer? What’s momma-san, without poppa-san? What’s martial arts without Daniel-San? What’s Rasheed without Tonya, Tamika? What’s orange juice and Doug E. Doug without Shaniqua? Not a not a not a, not a damn thing What’s Duke Ellington without that swing? What’s Alex Haley if it doesn’t have roots? What’s a weekend if you ain’t knockin boots? What’s a black …
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