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A Tribe Called Quest was founded by childhood friends Kamaal Fareed and Malik Taylor in the St. Albans neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The group later included Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi White as full members after initially performing under different names like Crush Connection and Quest.
A Tribe Called Quest released The Low End Theory on the 24th of September 1991. This album fundamentally altered the trajectory of hip hop by fusing the genre with jazz and achieved platinum status by 1995.
A Tribe Called Quest disbanded in 1998 citing frustration with their label Jive Records and internal tensions regarding Phife Dawg's health and interest in the group. The final album The Love Movement was released on the 29th of September 1998 before the group announced it would be their last.
A Tribe Called Quest reunited as a touring band in 2006 to help Phife Dawg with his mounting medical expenses. The group performed sold-out concerts in the U.S., Canada, and Japan to support their former member.
Phife Dawg died on the 22nd of March 2016 due to complications relating to diabetes while the album We Got It from Here Thank You 4 Your Service was still incomplete. The surviving members continued to work on the album following his death and released it on the 11th of November 2016.
A Tribe Called Quest was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024. The group performed their final concert on the 9th of September 2017 at Bestival in Dorset, England before permanently disbanding.