{"id":103442,"date":"2016-03-24T15:09:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T14:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=103442"},"modified":"2016-03-24T15:09:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T14:09:27","slug":"statement-from-a-tribe-called-quest-on-the-death-of-phife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/statement-from-a-tribe-called-quest-on-the-death-of-phife\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement From A Tribe Called Quest On The Death Of Phife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"103443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/statement-from-a-tribe-called-quest-on-the-death-of-phife\/fb_img_1458806461011\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/FB_IMG_1458806461011.jpg?fit=527%2C535&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"527,535\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FB_IMG_1458806461011\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/FB_IMG_1458806461011.jpg?fit=527%2C535&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/FB_IMG_1458806461011.jpg?fit=527%2C535&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/FB_IMG_1458806461011.jpg?resize=527%2C535&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"FB_IMG_1458806461011\" width=\"527\" height=\"535\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-103443\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our hearts are heavy. We are devastated. This is something we weren\u2019t prepared for although we all know that life is fleeting. It was no secret about his health and his fight. But the fight for his joy and happiness gave him everything he needed. The fight to keep his family happy, his soul happy and those around him happy, gave him complete and unadulterated joy\u2026 until he heeded his fathers call. <\/p>\n<p>We love his family his mother, his father, his son, his wife, his nieces, his family here in New York, Atlanta, California and Trinidad. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you for the outpouring of prayers and support from the fans, fellow artists, music outlets, blogs, radio stations, DJ\u2019s, social media and the music community at large. This too is part of his joy and means a lot to him. His family is overwhelmed by the support, well wishes and are thankful. His music and what he\u2019s contributed is seismic and hard to measure. He\u2019s affected us as much as he\u2019s affected all of you. We\u2019re inspired by his daily joy and courage. He wasn\u2019t in pain. He was happy.<\/p>\n<p>We take comfort in knowing he will be beside his grandmother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our hearts are heavy. We are devastated. This is something we weren\u2019t prepared for although&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-qUq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}