During the Saturday afternoon ceremony, Linden Boulevard was co-named as Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor Way at the intersection of 192nd Street in the Saint Albans neighborhood of Queens, New York City. Attendees included A Tribe Called Quest co-members Q-Tip and Jarobi White, extended Tribe family Busta Rhymes and Consequence, rapper Cormega, Hot 97 and ESPN radio personality Peter Rosenberg, city government officials and members of Taylor’s family. Hundreds of excited fans crowded the corner, holding signs, wearing merchandise from Tribe’s pop-up shop in New York City from the previous weekend, and rapping along to the group’s lyrics.
The newly revealed street sign is across the corner from a mural that memorializes A Tribe Called Quest on the wall of Nu-Clear dry cleaners; the group shot their video for “Check the Rhime,” the hit from their 1991 album The Low End Theory, on the roof of the building. Longtime fans know the block from Tribe’s raps, too. “Back in the days on the boulevard of Linden, we used to kick routines and presence was fittin,” Q-Tip rhymed on the track. “Linden Boulevard, represent represent,” Phife proclaimed on “Steve Biko (Stir It Up)” from Tribe’s 1993 third album Midnight Marauders.
Phife Dawg Gets Honored For His 46th Birthday With A Street In Queens
Over the weekend, a street corner in Queens was renamed Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor Way in honor just a day ahead what would have been his 46th birthday.Billboard reports:
