- Family texts wrong number about birth of baby, strangers show up at hospital with gifts
- Texas mom accused of putting 2-year-old daughter in oven
- 'Sad Grandpa' planning cookout and everyone's invited
- Couple rebuilding family after losing 7 kids in fire, welcomes child No. 13
- Woman seems to vanish on live TV in viral video that has baffled the Internet
Malik Taylor, better known as A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg, died Wednesday at the age of 45, Rolling Stone reported.
An official statement has yet to be released.
Taylor's cause of death is unclear, but the New York native had health issues in the past. He underwent a kidney transplant in 2008 during a longstanding battle with Type 1 diabetes.
"It's really a sickness," Taylor said in a 2011 documentary. "Like straight-up drugs. I'm just addicted to sugar."
He also rapped about his condition in his music.
In a now viral video, WSB-TV's traffic reporter, Mark Arum, paid tribute to Phife Dawg in his traffic report by weaving in lyrics from A Tribe Called Quest's most popular songs, including "Award Tour" ("comin' with more hits than the Braves and the Yankees," "Ludicrously speedy, or infectious with the slow-mo" and "track record's longer than a DC-20 aircraft") and "Check The Rhime" ("Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram").
Can he kick it? Yes he can. And THAT'S what we call a tribute! Mark Arum WSB dropped A Tribe Called Quest lyrics in his traffic reports to honor Phife Dawg, who passed away this morning. http://2wsb.tv/1UN0kPr
Posted by WSB-TV on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
About the Author