The Funky Diabetic

 I am on the internet and I see something that hurts my soul. One of the founding members of one of my favorite groups, A Tribe Called Quest has lost his life. Instantaneously, I am more than hurt, almost sickened to my stomach. A Tribe Called Quest is one of my favorite groups in the world. I am a die hard hip hop fan,   helped me solidify my love for hip hop. I really started digging hip hop at an early age. To be able to hear those raps and zone out was something that I did often to escape theand the drama of my life. Hip Hop has to be in my DNA because of my undying love for it. #ATCQ has always made thee best music ever, in my eyes. Originally #ATCQ began with 4 members. Q Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Muhammed and Jarobi White who left after the first album in 1991. Each member stood out on his own rightfully so. Yet the shortest member of the group had such a enormous presence in the group among his peers. Malik {Phife Dawg} Taylor always stood out when he rhymed. Phife Dawg was always known for his rhymes, his delivery of his flows and always the messages that he delivered when he spoke. Phife was very focal abt the fact that he had diabetes, it wasn't a secret or disclosed. Phife was a beast when he rhymed. He named himself "The Funky Diabetic" Tragically he lost his life die to complications of diabetes. The hip hop nation is in mourning. We all will continue to remember the legend who was gone too soon.