23 March 2016 7:37 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
A Tribe Called Quest founding member Phife Dawg has died. The rapper, real name Malik Taylor, was 45. No official statement has been released yet, nor a cause of death. Taylor battled Type 1 diabetes for a long time, however, even undergoing a kidney transplant in 2008. The donor was his wife. Taylor, a self-described sugar addict, said in an interview last year that he was on the list for another kidney transplant. While the emcee’s passing appears to have been first broken by friends on Twitter, Rolling Stone was able to confirm the news. Also Read: Brussels Terrorist Attacks: 8 Latest Developments A. »
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