Cheryl Boyce Taylor

Cheryl Allison Boyce-Taylor (born 1950) is a Trinidadian poet, teaching artist, and theatre performer who lives in Brooklyn, New York. Boyce-Taylor has published several full-length poetry monographs including early works ''As A Woman I Laugh and Cry: Poems'', ''Birthsounds, Rhythms and Other Contractions''; five collections of poetry; and an award-winning verse memoir dedicated to her son.

She is the mother of late African-American hip hop artiste Malik Izaak Taylor aka Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest. Provided by Wikipedia