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The Roots' focus on live music began back in 1987 when rapper Black Thought (Tariq Trotter) and drummer ?uestlove (Ahmir Khalib Thompson) became friends at the Philadelphia High School for Creative Performing Arts. Playing around school, on the sidewalk, and later at talent shows (with ?uestlove's drum kit backing Black Thought's rhymes), the pair then hooked up with bassist Hub (Leon Hubbard) and rapper Malik B. Moving from the street to local clubs, there, they became a highly tipped underground act around Philadelphia and New York, and now respected worldwide. |



































