Best Of: Questlove's Hip-Hop History / 'Always Sunny' Actor Rob McElhenney

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🗓️ 22 June 2024

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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.

The Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-creator and co-star Rob McElhenney bought a Welsh football club during the pandemic. McElhenney says he and actor Ryan Reynolds bought the team to "bring hope to a town that had fallen on hard times." The FX series Welcome to Wrexham, now in its third season on Hulu, chronicles the team, its owners and fans.

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0:20.8	From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Sam Brigger. Today, Quest Love returns.
0:27.8	His new book, Hip Hop is History, is a personal history, told from his perspective as performer and DJ who's also become a historian of the music.
0:37.1	Questlove is the co-founder of the hip-hop band The Roots, the house band of the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. He's won several
0:43.7	Grammys as well as an Oscar for his concert documentary Summer of Soul.
0:47.8	Also actor, writer, and soccer team owner Rob McElhenney. In 2020 he and Ryan Reynolds bought
0:54.9	Wrexham, A F C, a soccer team in Wales. The attempt to bring the team into higher
1:00.0	levels of professional soccer is the subject of the FX documentary series Welcome to Wrexham.
1:06.0	Maclehani also co-created and co-stars in the TV comedies, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,
1:11.6	and Mythic Quest.
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