Jarobi White
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Jarobi White was the fourth member of the hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest.
In 1989, he became a member of A Tribe Called Quest. Although he did not rap on the albums, he came up with ideas for songs like I Left My Wallet In El Segundo which became a single off of the groups first album. He also had cuts on the Anthology version of Push It Along, Youthful Expression, and Can I Kick It?, which was a single that was not played on the radio. He also appeared in five of the thirteen music videos the group filmed. He left the group in 1991 to attend culinary school. He continues to produce songs with Phife Dawg and DJ Rasta Root.
He appeared only on one album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. He had actual vocals recorded for the Tribe's second album The Low End Theory, but when he left the group they were removed. He was mentioned in a skit on Midnight Marauders, where the members are listed and then "A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y", referring to the fact that Jarobi was only an occasional member of A Tribe Called Quest, and he was mentioned on Phife's solo album Ventilation: Da LP, but still a member never the less.
As a part of the Native Tongues collaboration, Jarobi appeared on Pease Porridge by De La Soul, on their 1991 album De La Soul Is Dead, which features several other Native Tongues rappers as well.
Jarobi recently joined A Tribe Called Quest onstage during their headlining slot on the "2k Sports Bounce Tour" in the Summer of 2006. He has also recently become a manager of Washington D.C. based rapper Head-Roc.
| A Tribe Called Quest |
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| Members: Q-Tip | Phife Dawg | Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Jarobi White |
| Albums: People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm | The Low End Theory | Midnight Marauders | Beats, Rhymes and Life | The Love Movement |
| Compilations: The Anthology | Hits, Rarities, and Remixes |
| Singles: "Bonita Applebum" | "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo" | "Can I Kick It?" | "Check the Rhime" | "Jazz (We've Got)" | "Scenario" | "Hot Sex" | "Award Tour" | "Electric Relaxation" | "Oh My God" | "1nce Again" | "Stressed Out" | "Find a Way" | "Like It Like That" |
| See also: Native Tongues Posse | The Ummah |
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