I became diabetic in May of 1990. It’s hereditary.

My moms is diabetic but even growing up seeing her having to take insulin shots and things of that nature, I didn’t take heed because I was still waking up to a glass of Quik, you know what I’m saying?

Oreo cookies for breakfast, just stupid shit. It didn’t make it any better that we were on the road performing, eating KFC, McDonalds, shit like that and I was going hard when we was younger…

We did Low End. We did Midnight, Beats, Rhymes, The Love Movement, all of that but I wasn’t always taking care of myself and it finally caught up to me when we broke up. ~Phife

Phife of the legendary Hip Hop group A Tribe called Quest has recently had an interview with okayplayer.com where he opened up about his struggle with diabetes. The man who called himself a “funky diabetic” has gone through a lot in the 9 or so years since he left the music scene.

It was a bump on his neck sent him to the doctor’s office. Find out more about his diagnosis, the new A Tribe called Quest documentary with Michael Rappaport and who gave Phife a kidney in Phife Diggy Got Something to Say at okayplayer.com

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