…learns, Phife says, the better things get. “Knowing is half the battle,” he says. “Once you know where you are, you can work on controlling it.”
Phife wants to pass that information on to others. He’s in the early planning stages of his foundation, Fight for Life, which spreads awareness of diabetes, renal failure, and lupus. “I definitely want to give back anyway I could,” he says of the planning so far. “Charity basketball games, softball games, even concerts, we have to do what we have to do. If that’s the conduit to help, then let’s go for it.”
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
The beat maker, DJ, assistant producer of the group was never one to be in the spotlight, but his physique says it all. An avid runner, cross-country terrain biker, Ali was always one to encourage the group to get healthy. Even in the 1993 song, “The Chase II” from the group’s Midnight Maurauders album, Phife is caught saying:
(Damn Phife, you got fat!)
Yeah, I know it looks pathetic
Ali Shaheed Muhammad got me doing calisthenics
For you listening pleasure, take a walk down memory lane:
Jarobi
Jarobi White, the fourth member of Tribe also has his hand in health. He has gone on to become a master chef (no, seriously). Recently, he took time outside of the kitchen to bring the kitchen to you. He calls it “Tribe Taco Tuesdays”
The new venture takes White’s talents to Atlanta and Washington, D.C., even though he’s based in New York for this current chef incarnation. As part of his “Eats, Rhymes and Life” (get it?) concept, White intends to travel to various spots around the country and offer a combination of his love for fine dining and Hip-Hop.
“I call it the total hip-hop approach. I’ll cook at a spot and remix their menus,” White said. “It’s like going on a food tour.”
A Tribe Called Quest: 25 Years of Keeping Hip-Hop Healthy was originally published on blackdoctor.org
