Some awful news to report out of the music world tonight as Phife Dawg is dead.
While no major news outlets are reporting the death of the Tribe Called Quest rapper, fellow MC Statik Selektah confirmed Phife’s passing on social media.
Confirmed. rest in peace Phife. Man. I'm out.
— Statik Selektah (@StatikSelekt) March 23, 2016
Seletah isn’t the only rapper to confirm the news either, so it sounds like Phife Dawg has indeed died.
Still no word on Twitter from Q-Tip or Ali Shaheed Muhammad.
Phife Dawg has long battled diabetes, and even required the rapper to get a kidney transplant in 2008. No word on the cause of death yet, but early assumption is that his condition may have played a role in his passing.
The avid sports fan dies at 45.
