![Fresh Air artwork](https://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts113/v4/d6/9e/e3/d69ee352-84ec-c6c9-ad89-57da3f452ff0/mza_709971845194736840.jpg/100x100bb.jpg)
Best Of: Questlove's Hip-Hop History / 'Always Sunny' Actor Rob McElhenney
Fresh Air
English - June 22, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MB - ★★★★ - 33.3K ratingsBooks Arts TV & Film comedy news movies politics interview entrepreneurship culture business health interviews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 'Slave Play' Playwright Jeremy O. Harris Works To Diversity Theater
Next Episode: Inside The Breakdown Of The Global Supply Chain
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.
Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices
NPR Privacy Policy