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Black Thought

Rapper Black Thought – born Tariq Trotter on October 3, 1971, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – is best known as the lead MC and c o-founder of R&B / hip-hop group The Roots. His early years were tragic – his father was murdered when he was a toddler, and his mother was murdered when he was in high school – and spent some of his youth tagging and dealing crack cocaine. He was adopted by a family in Detroit, Michigan for a short time before returning to his hometown and attending the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts. He then studied journalism at Millersvill...