Q-Tip, ?uestlove and Black Thought trace African ancestry

Q-Tip, ?uestlove and Black Thought took part recently in Okayafrica.’s The Roots Of series.

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Q-Tip, ?uestlove and Black Thought took part recently in Okayafrica.‘s The Roots Of series. The artists are following the traces of their ancestry all the way to Africa as they get swabbed to collect DNA, in order to analyze his maternal ancestry. Watch both segments above and follow this interesting story.

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