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Funk never dies. It is eternal. It just smells a little different from time to time.

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Questlove
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
Actor
Composer
Disc Jockey
Drummer
Film Director
Musician
Record Producer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
?uestlove
Ahmir Thompson
Smell
Eternal
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Littles
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Never
Funk
Time
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