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Tribe Called Quest (Musical group)

LC control no.n 92048101
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LC classificationML421.T762 Biography
Corporate name headingTribe Called Quest (Musical group)
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Variant(s)A Tribe Called Quest (Musical group)
ATCQ
See alsoMember: Phife Dawg, 1970-2016
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Member: Q-Tip (Vocalist)
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Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeSaint Albans (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityRap (Music)
Found inIts People's instinctive travels and the paths of rhythm [SR] p1990: label (A Tribe Called Quest)
Wikipedia, January 6, 2015 (A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group that was formed in 1985, and is composed of MC/producer Q-Tip, MC Phife Dawg aka Phife Diggy (Malik Taylor), and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album in 1991. He continued to contribute to the band sporadically before rejoining for their 2006 reunion. Along with De La Soul, the group was a central part of the Native Tongues Posse, and enjoyed the most commercial success out of all the groups to emerge from that collective; ATCQ; Origin: St. Albans, Queens, New York. Genres: Hip hop, jazz rap, alternative hip hop. Years active: 1985-1998, 2006-2013)