WATCH KENDRICK LAMAR PAY TRIBUTE TO PHIFE DAWG

The rapper spoke Phife Dawg's lasting influence. Kendrick Lamar took some time out of his Sydney, Australia performance to pay his respects to A Tribe Called Quest 's Phife Dawg. The rapper heard of his passing during the show and gave a heartfelt speech about how influential the late Phife Dawg was to him. "We lost one of the pioneers in hip-hop today," said Lamar to his audience. "We're going to give it up to him for allowing me to do what I'm doing on this stage right here, right now today!" The To Pimp A Butterfly rapper began a chant and encouraged the audience to join in commemorating the hip-hop legend, who passed at 45 due to complications with diabetes