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Funk never dies. It is eternal. It just smells a little different from time to time.
Questlove
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Questlove
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
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Philadelphia
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?uestlove
Ahmir Thompson
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I hate holidays because it's the quietest it's the most deafening sound in my apartment.
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