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

  • Jun 22 2024
  • Length: 48 mins
  • Podcast

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

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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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