Phonte Tells The Story Behind His Little Brother Song The Yo-Yo

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In a clip from the Questlove Supreme episode with actor and poet Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Ahmir says he misses the days when The Roots played poetry jams. The discussion then lends itself to Phonte's Little Brother song "The Yo-Yo" and the experience that led him to hilariously comment on the funny relationship between rapping and poetry. Malcom-Jamal's latest album, the Grammy-nominated Hiding In Plain View is available now (https://open.spotify.com/album/40c5uw.... Little Brother's The Listening is also recently re-released in a deluxe edition (https://open.spotify.com/album/6a85ji....

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