A Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West, D’Angelo, André 3000, the Roots, Chuck D, Busta Rhymes Pay Tribute to Phife Dawg: Watch

A Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West, D'Angelo, André 3000, the Roots, Chuck D, Busta Rhymes Pay Tribute to Phife Dawg: Watch

A Tribe Called Quest, Kanye West, D’Angelo, André 3000, the Roots, Busta Rhymes, Chuck D, KRS-One, Consequence, and many others paid their respects at a celebration of the late Phife Dawg tonight at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Past and present NBA players Jamal Crawford, Damien Lillard, Draymond Green, and Chris Weber paid tribute via pre-recorded videos. Artists, friends, and family told stories about Phife during the event, which is streaming live tonight via Revolt. D’Angelo performed “You’ve Got a Friend” with the Roots. Revolt pointed out that Lauryn Hill and LL Cool J were among those in attendance. Watch the stream, as well as some additional footage from the event, below.

Rhymes was brought to tears talking about A Tribe Called Quest’s influence on his group Leaders of the New School, sitting in on Tribe sessions, and how he ended up on “Scenario.” “I just want to thank my man Malik Taylor, Phife Dawg, the Five-Foot Assassin, for being the big brother I needed when I was at a crossroads in my life,” he said. Update (4/5, 9:51 p.m. EST): During West’s speech, he discussed his love of Low End Theory. He also bantered with Dave Chappelle, who was in the audience, and took issue with Peter Rosenberg’s speech likening Tribe’s records to classics by bands like Led Zeppelin. “I’m sorry, but I don’t want to hear Zeppelin mentioned at Phife’s funeral,” West said. He also said, “Anything I ever did wrong, blame Tip and Phife because y’all raised me.” Update (4/5, 10:15 p.m. EST): While discussing Tribe’s influence, André 3000 revealed during his speech that A Tribe Called Quest and Outkast were discussing doing an album together in recent years. 

Phife Dawg, born Malik Taylor, died was from “complications resulting from diabetes,” according to his family and manager. He was 45. Several other artists paid tribute to Phife after his passing. A new Dilla-produced Phife Dawg song called “Nutshell” premiered today on Beats 1.

Read “Dave Chappelle and 12 Other Comedians on Phife Dawg, A Tribe Called Quest’s Heart (and Funny Bone),” “10 Lyrics That Prove His Prowess” and “Why A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg Was Sports Fans’ Favorite Rapper” on the Pitch.

“Anything I ever did wrong, blame Tip and Phife because y’all raised me” -#KanyeWest

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Kanye tribute to Phife. . Apollo Theater

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#dangelo singing “You Got A Friend” at #phifedawg tribute….nice

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Musical dedication to Phife Dawg by The Roots! #atcq #PhifeDawg #theroots #atribecalledquest #apollotheater

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Andre 3000 Tribute to Phife. . Apollo Theater

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