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1987. Philadelphia High School for
the Creative and Performing Arts, second day of school. A student
named Ahmir Thompson walks into the principal’s office seeking
a lunch pass. At the same time, a freshman named Tariq Trotter stumbles
in, gripped by school guards who caught him engaging in “extracurricular”
activities with a ballerina in the ladies bathroom.
Luckily, Thompson has designs larger than lunch, and Trotter’s
game is wider than women. Thompson is a jazz drummer and Trotter is
an MC, and decides to create music together. They can’t afford
turntables, microphones, or DJ equipment. But then again, they are
secretly glad about their dollar deficiency--their collaborations
wouldn’t have that something-from-nothing spirit that built
hip-hop and rock. So, Trotter rhymes over Thompson’s rented
drum kit. Eventually, they call themselves the Square Roots, and Thompson
adopts the name ?uestlove and Trotter takes on Black Thought.
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