Phife Dawg

Three years ago today, hip-hop lost ATCQ's Five Foot Assassin, Phife Dawg.

Listen to the second track off 'Forever,' "Wanna Dance" featuring Dwele.

From Chance The Rapper to A Tribe Called Quest and more, here are 10 of the best and worst moments from this year's Grammy Awards that caught the hip-hop world's attention.

James Corden name-drops Drizzy and Phife Dawg during a freestyle at the 2017 Grammy Awards.

With the NBA season capturing hip-hop's attention, XXL digs deep in the crates and highlights 20 great rap lyrics referencing the game of hoops.

With the NFL Playoffs underway, and in celebration of rap's deep connection with football, XXL highlights 20 great football references in the culture's history.

XXL highlights 20 of the more shocking moments of 2016 that caught the attention including Phife Dawg's death, Soulja Boy's threatening antics and more.

As we close out this year and enter a new one, major rappers to local underground phenomenons deserve to be highlighted and remembered for their contributions to hip-hop. Here are 12 rappers we lost in 2016.

"We’re working on it now. He completed his entire solo album before he transitioned, so we’re excited about releasing that.”

Gone but never forgotten.

XXL highlights 20 of the best bars on A Tribe Called Quest's new album, 'We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service.'

A Tribe Called Quest will host a special pop-up store in NYC starting oday all through the weekend. Get a first look of the ATCQ shop here.