Stereogum — It's been almost a year now since Phife Dawg passed away, and while his posthumous presence was all over the final A Tribe Called Quest album, he still has an additional solo LP on the way entitled Forever. While details on that album are still forth... more info

MSN Music — John Legend and Cynthia Erivo graced the Grammys stage on Sunday night, performing the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” as a homage to the musical stars lost this past year. The performances honored artists, managers, and executives who died this p... more info

PopSugar UK — Legendary rappers A Tribe Called Quest appeared at the Grammys and got nearly the entire audience on their feet. The group gave a shout-out to late member MC Phife Dawg, who passed away last year, before launching into their set alongside Anderson .... more info

MSN Music — Judging just by the obituary columns, 2016 was a miserable year for music. From David Bowie, Prince, and Leonard Cohen to Phife Dawg, Merle Haggard, Juan Gabriel, and Maurice White, not to mention Vanity, Glenn Frey, Leon Russell and Sharon Jones, it... more info

KEXP Seattle — 2016 was an especially brutal year: we lost David Bowie, Prince, Sharon Jones, Leonard Cohen, Lemmy Kilmister, Phife Dawg, and that’s just to mention a few. (You can see part one of our list here.) KEXP is celebrating the lives of all these artists... more info

KEXP Seattle — 2016 was an especially brutal year: we lost David Bowie, Prince, Sharon Jones, Leonard Cohen, Lemmy Kilmister, Phife Dawg, and that’s just to mention a few. KEXP will celebrate the lives of all these artists on the air, tomorrow, Thursday, December... more info

Stereogum — Most of us assumed that We Got It From Here… Thanks 4 Your Service, the staggering and enormously satisfying new album from A Tribe Called Quest, would be the group’s last. They did, after all, start recording it before the death of Phife Dawg, a... more info

AllHipHop — PHIFE DAWG'S WIDOW TO RELEASE NEW SOLO ALBUM IN 2017 more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Phife's wife Desha Head Taylor said "His solo album will be out probably sometime during the first quarter of 2017. We're working on it now." Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — Festivities took place in New York on Saturday, featured Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, and more. more info