Neighborhood
Wikipedia ties Phife Dawg to St. Albans, Queens. A tie, not always an origin
On the map at Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor Way
Malik "Phife Dawg" Taylor Way, Queens.
Places
- Square Diner
- A Tribe Called Quest mural
- Springfield Gardens High School, School
Listen and read
Music spots
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Moment
Square Diner, “Electric Relaxation”
1994In A Tribe Called Quest’s video for “Electric Relaxation”, Q-Tip, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad cruise the city in a cab before pulling up to the Square Diner in Tribeca, where they order only a glass of Coke and a cup of coffee, per DNAinfo. The song was released as a single in February 1994, per Wikipedia.
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Mural
A Tribe Called Quest mural
2016Shortly after Phife’s death in 2016, Vince Ballentine was commissioned to create this mural picturing Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi White, on the laundromat where the group filmed its “Check the Rhime” video, per NYC Tourism.
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