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The late Phife Dawg has been honored with his very own day in Oakland, California.
Oakland has declared May 17 "Phife Dawg Day" following an event that honored A Tribe Called Quest in San Francisco, according to HipHopDX. Phife's mother, Cheryl Boyce Taylor, his widow, Deisha Head Taylor, and producer Starita (who engineered Tribe's last album We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service) were present at the event. The honoring was a part of a tribute event dubbed A Tribute To A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders.
"A Tribe Called Quest is being celebrated this week with Bay Area bands, producers and artists celebrating the group’s groundbreaking album Midnight Marauders," Starita read. "Now, therefore be it, we proclaim Friday, May 17, 2019 is Malik 'Phife Dawg' Taylor Day."
The tribute was a three-day event that took place at San Francisco's YBCA. The lineup for the event included the Awesöme Orchestra, MJ's Brass Boppers, Gift of Gab, La Gente, Royal Jelly Jive, Lagos Roots, and others.
Phife spent the last years of his life Oakland, where Deisha was originally from. Phife died at the age of 45 from complications relating to diabetes.
Now, aside from having his own day, the late rapper also has his own street sign at Linden Boulevard at 192nd Street in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The site is where the music video for Tribe's "Check The Rhyme" was filmed.
Source: HipHopDX