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Prince and Hip-Hop are rarely mentioned in the same sentence, but on one night back in 2008, Prince was Hip-Hop.

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Andre 3000 remains one of the more elusive rap superstars in recent times, but his appearance with a bevy of other celebrities at Q-Tip’s house this week sparked some hope. Chris Rock claimed that he, Dave Chappelle, The White Stripes’ Jack White and others were working on a new 3 Stacks album but was it […]

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Andre 3000 and Kanye West made a rare public appearance at the Apollo Theatre to share their love for A Tribe Called Quest at a memorial service for Phife Dawg.

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The loss of A Tribe Called Quest MC Phife Dawg has left a void in the hearts of tried and true Hip-Hop fans worldwide. Q-Tip took to Twitter last night (April 3), to address the passing of his friend and group member, calling him his “hero.”

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A Tribe Called Quest invited fans to help honor the life of Phife Dawg. The 45-year-old MC’s memorial, which was held Tuesday (March 29) afternoon, was streamed live on Persiscope.

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Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest fame has been appointed at the first Artistic Director for Hip Hop Culture at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. The announcement was made today ahead of the launch of the Center’s Hip Hop Culture series for the 2016-2017 season.

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Dr. Dre’s infinitely delayed album Detox has long went the route where unicorns and fairies convene to play poker, yet artists still insist that its release date is around the corner.

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Today, April 10, marks the 43rd birthday of legendary MC and producer Q-Tip. With a legacy that precedes him and the highly anticipated LP, The Last Zulu, on the way, we decided to pay homage to the Native Tongues member’s legacy by listing his top 15 verses.

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Nas is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Illmatic all month, and he did so in splendid fashion on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last night. Backed by The Roots, the Queensbridge rapper performed “The World Is Yours” and “One Love” along with a hypeman that happened to be Q-Tip.

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Apache, a rapper that was part of DJ Mark The 45 King‘s Flavor Unit posse, would have been celebrating a milestone 50th birthday later this year if not for his unfortunate passing in 2010. Although Apache’s fame was short-lived, his hit single “Gangsta B*tch” still gets fans hyped up to this day.

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Q-Tip and his buddy Leonardo DiCaprio are working on a television pilot. The latter and his Wolf Of Wall Street co-star Jonah Hill are teaming with the A Tribe Called Quest rapper to develop a drama loosely based on his halcyon days as part of the Native Tongue crew. 

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In case you were silly enough to think the greatness that is “Thank You” was a shot in the dark, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes return in full with with a collaborative mixtape The Abstract & The Dragon for your listening pleasure. Again, the veteran wordsmiths flex their flows over a funky, nostalgic beats that will […]