Fans will once more get to enjoy music from the Late Phife Dawg after his estate announced the release of his second studio album, Forever. The project is expected to drop on the 22nd of March. The announcement comes after the late rapper’s closest friend, DJ Rasta Root, shared the tracklist and cover art on Instagram.

The PostHumous album has 13 tracks with features from artists like Redman, Busta Rhymes, Darien Brockington, Dwele, and Illa J. That’s not all. There’s a special surprise: Phife Dawg’s mother, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, is among the featured artists.

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The family also announced they would be holding a listening session coupled with a Q&A at the Sound of Brazil (SOBs) in New York as part of their memorial for Phife Dawg. Tickets are available for purchase for fans who would like to attend. Peter Rosenberg is set to host the event.

Phife Dawg, born Malik Izaak Taylor, tragically passed away due to complications from Type Ⅱ Diabetes. The rapper who was a part of the group, A Tribe Called Quest, was a fan favorite for hip-hop heads. In fact, he’d earned the nickname, Five Foot Assassin owing to his short 5’3 frame. The hip-hop group earned a nomination to the 2022 Induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Phife Dawg’s Forever tracklist

“Cheryl’s Big Son (Intro)”
“Only A Coward”
“Fallback” feat. Rapsody & Renée Neufville
“Nutshell Pt. 2” feat. Busta Rhymes & Redman
“Sorry” ft. V.Rich
“Dear Dilla (Reprise)” feat. Q-Tip
“Wow Factor” ft. Maseo of De La Soul
“Residual Curiosities” feat. Lyric Jones
“God Send” feat. Dwele
“Round Irving High School” ft. Cheryl Boyce-Taylor & Angela Winbush
“French Kiss Trois” feat. Redman & Illa J
“2 Live Forever” feat. Pos of De La Soul, Little Brother & Darien Brockington
“Forever”

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Malik Tayor, the rapper known as Phife Dawg, hip-hop innovator with A Tribe Called Quest, died at age 45 Tuesday morning due to complications resulting from diabetes.

He suffered health problems in recent years according to sources who said he underwent a kidney transplant in 2008. Phife Dawg formed A Tribe Called Quest in the late 1980s in New York with his childhood friend Q-Tip. Taylor appeared on all five of the group’s studio albums, most notably 1991’s The Low End Theory and 1993’s Midnight Marauders, acting as the high-pitched, gruff vocal counterpoint to Q-Tip’s smooth, mellow flow. Though the group separated, Taylor always reunited with the group for live shows, in part, to help defray medical costs. “Even though I knew I had [diabetes], I was in denial,” Taylor said in a documentary. “I had to have my sugar. You have to accept it. If you don’t accept it, it’s going to kick your ass.”

Tributes to Phife Dawg rippled across social media early Wednesday, including a lengthy Instagram post by Questlove of the Roots. Many fans are reminiscing over this unfortunate loss. “Malik was our loving husband, father, brother and friend,” his family said in a statement. “We love him dearly. How he impacted all our lives will never be forgotten. His love for music and sports was only surpassed by his love of God and family.”

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