Pop and Rock Star Deaths in 2016

Phife Dawg (Malik Taylor)

Band: A Tribe Called Quest
Position: rapper
Died: Mar. 22, 2016
Cause of death: diabetes
Age: 45
Distinction: Co-founded Tribe with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad in 1985. "Scenario" (No. 57, 1992) was their biggest hit.