Q-Tip Pays Tribute to Phife Dawg With Abstract Radio Show Feat. André 3000, Kendrick & More
Q-Tip dedicated the most recent broadcast of his Beats 1 show Abstract Radio to Phife Dawg, his brother in rhyme and co-founder of A Tribe Called Quest who passed away on March 23 following diabetes-related complications at the age of 45.
A veritable group of hip-hop heads joined Q-Tip, who shared two hours' worth of ATCQ tracks, deep cuts and greatest hits alike, as well as thoughts from Pharrell, André 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Big Boi and Chuck D on Phife's legacy. Lamar credited the Queens-based outfit for kickstarting his rap education back when most kids were learning their ABCs ("If I go back to being five, six years old, I remember being acquainted with the legendary, and it was a record by the name of Scenario"), and both Three Stacks and Big Boi stressed that ATCQ were "one of the primary reasons" they formed OutKast.
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