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The Pharcyde is an American hip hop group, formed in South Central Los Angeles in 1989. The original four members of the group are Imani (Emandu Wilcox), Slimkid3 (Trevant Hardson), Bootie Brown (Romye Robinson), and Fatlip (Derrick Stewart). DJ Mark Luv was the group's first disc jockey (DJ), followed by producer J-Swift.

The group's debut album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992), featuring the hit single "Passin' Me By", was highly acclaimed and has gone on to be cited as one of the greatest albums in alternative hip-hop. In 1995 the group released second studio album Labcabincalifornia to further commercial success, featuring crossover hit singles "Drop" and "Runnin'". Labcabincalifornia received mixed critical reception upon its initial release, but has since achieved retrospective critical acclaim. The group began to unravel in the late 1990s with the departures of Fatlip and Slimkid3. The remaining members of the group released the follow up albums Plain Rap (2000) and Humboldt Beginnings (2004), but they failed to gain as much attention.

In 2008 all four members of the group temporarily reunited for performances at that year's Rock the Bells festival after getting offered a million dollars for the appearance. The last time all four members performed together was during Soundset in 2009. After the reunion, Imani and Bootie Brown continued performing together while Slimkid3 and Fatlip performed together also under the Pharcyde name, although they still technically not members of the group. In 2013, Imani and Bootie Brown sued Slimkid3 and Fatlip in legal disputes over The Pharcyde name has led to Romye Robinson (Bootie Brown) granting ownership of the Pharcyde name. Imani and Bootie Brown stopped performing together in early 2020 due to COVID-19. In 2022, the group reunited for the 30th anniversary tour of Bizarre Ride, with Bootie Brown deciding to not be a part of it, with him leaving the group and Slimkid3 and Fatlip rejoining the group alongside Imani. Later in 2022, it was reported that all four members would reunite for a track on Fatlip's new album. The single “My Bad” came out in 2022, that included all four members, which sees them apologising to one another over their past transgressions. Bootie Brown responded with saying that he sent some voice verses for a different project that he didn't remember what was, with these verses eventually being used on "My Bad", with Brown saying that he did not approve of the song and that he had nothing to do with it. As Brown owned the Pharcyde name, Imani, Slimkid3 and Fatlip started to perform together as "Far Side (Formerly of the Pharcyde) in 2022, and later as "The Pharcyde Lives". In 2025, the three remaining members released a four-song EP titled "Timeless".

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