Tweet: "RIP Big Bank Hank of the Sugarhill Gang #pioneer". Rapper Q-Tip pays tribute to the late hip-hop veteran, who lost a battle with cancer on Tuesday (11Nov14), aged 57.
Fact: Rapper Q-Tip is set to celebrate the 25th anniversary of A Tribe Called Quest's album The Low End Theory with a special reissue of the record. The newly-reissued album will feature unreleased music from the group and its associates, according to AllHipHop.com.
Fact: A Tribe Called Quest star Q-Tip and music mogul Rick Rubin are to team up to produce the follow-up to Kanye West's Yeezus, which is set for release next summer (14).