Hip-Hop Pioneer Phife Brought Attention to Diabetes [ww2.KQED.org]

Samantha Sangenito 3/28/164:00 AM

Rapper Phife Dawg, of the iconic group Tribe Called Quest, is continuing to raise awareness around diabetes in his death, as he did in life, throughout his music career.

The rapper’s family confirmed Wednesday that Phife died at age 45 at his home near Antioch due to complications resulting from diabetes, sparking a wave of disease-related tributes on social media.

[For more of this story, written by April Dembosky, go to http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhea...Q&_hsmi=27660573]

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