A Tribe Called Quest

CTL-E-5275 · Person · group · 1985–2016

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A Tribe Called Quest is the hip-hop group formed in Queens, New York, in 1985 by Q-Tip, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, with Jarobi White a founding fourth member. Their albums People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990), The Low End Theory (1991) and Midnight Marauders (1993) fused jazz and hip-hop, built on the interplay between Q-Tip and Phife Dawg and on bass-led production credited with bridging the two musics. Phife Dawg, born Malik Taylor, died on March 22, 2016, at 45, of complications from diabetes, months before the group’s final album, We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service, was released with his verses in November 2016. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2024.

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• Also known as: ATCQ

Relationships

• New York City, New York — from
  A Tribe Called Quest formed in Queens, a borough of New York City, in 1985; its members grew up in Queens and met there as schoolmates.

Referenced by

• The Low End Theory — authored by → this record

Sources

• Pollstar News (Associated Press), “Rap Pioneer Phife Dawg Of A Tribe Called Quest Dies,” March 23, 2016 — https://news.pollstar.com/2016/03/23/rap-pioneer-phife-dawg-of-a-tribe-called-quest-dies-at-45/
• The Source, “The Source Magazine Remembers Phife Dawg” (family statement and group history) — https://thesource.com/2017/03/24/the-source-magazine-remembers-phife-dawg-one-year-later/
• All American Speakers biography, “A Tribe Called Quest” (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2024) — https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/A+Tribe+Called+Quest/406544

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