Questlove on hip-hop, history and the first time he heard 'Rapper's Delight' | Fresh Air
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Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson still remembers the first time he heard The Sugarhill Gang's 1980 hit "Rapper's Delight." It felt like a paradigm shift: "Suddenly they start talking in rhythmic poetry and we didn't know what to make of it," The Roots bandleader says. Questlove's new book is "Hip-Hop is History." This interview originally aired June 11,...
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