The Five-Foot Assassin

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The Five-Foot Assassin is the nickname of Phife Dawg, the influential rapper and co-founder of the pioneering hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest.

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The Five-Foot Assassin canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stage name
activeFrom late 1980s
activeIn Golden Age hip hop
alsoKnownAs Phife Diggy
linked to: Phife Dawg

The Five-Footer
appearsOn Beats, Rhymes and Life
Midnight Marauders
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
The Love Movement
The Low End Theory
We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
associatedAct Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Jarobi White
Q-Tip
associatedBorough Queens
associatedCity New York City
associatedNeighborhood St. Albans, Queens
coFounded A Tribe Called Quest
countryOfCitizenship United States
culturalOrigin African-American hip hop culture
genre hip hop
heightApprox five feet three inches
influenced underground hip hop artists
influencedGenre alternative hip hop
knownFor Trinidadian heritage references in lyrics
call-and-response verses with Q-Tip
sports references in lyrics
languageOfLyrics English
lyricalRoleInGroup co-lead MC of A Tribe Called Quest
memberOf A Tribe Called Quest
notableFor complex wordplay
distinctive high-pitched voice
witty punchlines
notableSongPerformance Buggin' Out
Check the Rhime
Electric Relaxation
Scenario
occupation rapper
partOf Native Tongues collective
refersTo Malik Izaak Taylor
Phife Dawg
selfDescribedAs The Five-Foot Assassin
usedBy Phife Dawg

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Phife Dawg alsoKnownAs The Five-Foot Assassin
Malik Izaak Taylor alsoKnownAs The Five-Foot Assassin
Malik Izaak Taylor notableAlias The Five-Foot Assassin
The Five-Foot Assassin selfDescribedAs The Five-Foot Assassin
The Five-Footer alsoKnownAs The Five-Foot Assassin