Saluting Phife Dawg on what would have been his 46th birthday.

Tim Westwood has shared a previously unreleased freestyle from 1996 showcasing A Tribe Called Quest on classic form, led by the late Phife Dawg with Funkmaster Flex on the decks.

Yesterday Q-Tip and Jarobi White unveiled a street sign named in Phife’s honour on the corner of Linden Boulevard and 192th Street in Queens, New York.

Phife, who died on March 22 due to complications from diabetes, would have turned 46 today (November 20). He

Get the verdict on Tribe’s final album We Got It From Here… and find out why Phife was the secret to Tribe’s appeal.

Watch the video for album standout ‘We The People’ below.