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MAP: A Tribe Called Quest's New York

By Savannah Cox | March 24, 2016 9:30am
 Members of A Tribe Called Quest.
Members of A Tribe Called Quest.
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Music fans mourned on Wednesday morning when Rolling Stone first reported that A Tribe Called Quest member Phife Dawg had died at the age of 45.

While no longer here in a physical sense, the rapper's bond with New York City lives on through the group's song lyrics, many of which make plain reference to NYC neighborhoods — particularly those in Queens, where the rapper grew up.

With that in mind, DNAinfo New York has plotted the people and places that appear throughout the group's albums to make reminiscing a little more local:

Next, watch the Tribe reunite on a November 2015 episode of the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: