{"id":149031,"date":"2021-01-25T09:21:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T08:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=149031"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:07:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T12:07:24","slug":"new-book-mama-phife-represents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/new-book-mama-phife-represents\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book: Mama Phife Represents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Award-winning poet Cheryl Boyce-Taylor<\/strong> pays tribute to her departed son Malik ‘Phife Dawg\u2019 Taylor <\/strong>of the legendary hip-hop trio A Tribe Called Quest<\/strong> in a hybrid-story that follows the journey of a mother\u2019s grieving heart through her first two years of public and private mourning.<\/p>\n

A teacher begets a teacher and a poet begets a poet. This book is the embodiment of pure love, grace and hope. Herein, Mama Phife aka Cheryl Boyce-Taylor has given us a gift about her greatest gift, her son Malik \u201cPhife Dawg\u201d Taylor. Malik was a great storyteller. To say he got it from his mama is an understatement. He was a treasure to me and Cheryl\u2019s writings and memoirs help to comfort the place that misses him greatly. I thank her for this book and for still teaching us… like her mother before her.<\/p>\n

Ali Shaheed Muhammad, A Tribe Called Quest<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Get your copy of Cheryl Boyce-Taylor<\/strong>‘s Mama Phife Represents<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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