The Cast Of ‘Hamilton’ Paid Tribute To Phife Dawg During A Recent Performance

The loss of A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg has affected people in many worlds, from musicians to sports stars, and even this local news anchor. Now you can add Broadway’s most popular musical, Hamilton, to the list of entertainers paying tribute to the fallen MC.

The show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, tweeted out that during Wednesday’s matinee performance of the number “Yorktown,” Hamilton screamed, “Can I kick it?” with Mulligan responding, “Yes ya can!” A nice tribute to someone as influential as Phife Dawg, but the Hamilton crew weren’t done yet. At the evening performance, during the same “Yorktown” number, Hamilton screamed, “Here we go yo, here we go yo,” to the audience, referencing Tribe’s biggest hit, “Scenario.”

It should come as no surprise that Hamilton would find a way to pay tribute to the ATCQ rapper, Lin-Manuel Miranda has said that the rap group played an integral part in his life. Miranda told Billboard that the only fight he’s ever been in was with his friend who bought the last cassette single of “Scenario” at the record store when the two were in middle school. He also went on to describe Phife as “apologetically himself,” and added, “He took the things that you think would discount someone from being able to have a career as an MC and made them superpowers.”

(Via Entertainment Weekly)