The hip-hop communityand music fans arent the only ones mourning the death of Malik Phife Dawg Taylor Wednesday as actors, baseball teamsand even morning news programs are remembering the influential rapper. In a clever tribute to the quotable lyricist, WSB-TVs Mark Arum masterfully weaved some of Phife Dawgs greatest rhymes into his morning commute traffic report, turning gridlock on Atlanta highways into a fitting tribute for the Tribe Called Questrapper.
Among the lines Arum stuffs into his Phife-quoting traffic report are Coming with more hits than the Braves and the Yankees, My track records longer than a DC-20 aircraft (Award Tour), One for the treble, two for the bass (Oh My God) and Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram (Check the Rhime).
However, while the Award Show line Ludicrously speedy, or infectious with the slow-mo seems perfectly suited for a traffic report, Arums Phife Dawg tribute loses minor points for quoting a Q-Tip lyric.