Phife Dawg Siblings: Remembering Mikal Taylor

Phife Dawg Siblings: Remembering Mikal Taylor

Phife Dawg was a highly influential Trinidadian-American rapper, best known as a founding member of the legendary hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Born Malik Izaak Taylor on November 20, 1970, in Queens, New York City, he grew up in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens to immigrant parents from Trinidad—his mother, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, a noted poet, and his father, Walt Taylor. Tragically, Phife was born prematurely and had a twin brother na…