This is a tribute to Malik Izaak Taylor, better known by his stage name Phife Dawg. This American rapper was a member of the group A Tribe Called Quest along with his high school classmates Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. The striking thing about Phife Dawg and his musical associations was that he was a jazz fan and tried to incorporate interesting passages in his recordings. Bassist Ron Carter, from Miles Davis Quintet, even played on several of his tracks. Phife Dawg was born November 20, 1970, in Brooklyn, NY and died: March 22, 2016.

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