![]() MOSLEY: At the time, you were living with your mother and your half brother in a house that your mom had done this amazing job making a home in North Philadelphia. And I think, you know, as a kid, I mean, you know, I was 6 years old, so there was no way, at 6, for me to really understand the gravity - you know what I mean? - of it all and how that's the sort of thing that could carry through life, you know? And, you know, when I, you know, go back in my life and I trace through, you know, like, those watershed moments. It was the beginning of me having to grow up, you know, fast. TROTTER: I think, you know, the fire and that whole experience at such a young age, it changed me in that it jump started. It actually shaped the person that you are. MOSLEY: This memoir is about you going back through your life to understand who you are, and that fire that you accidentally started at 6 years old, you write that it became the basis of all that you are, but to say that it changed you isn't quite right. MOSLEY: The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." And in addition to his music, Trotter is also a theater actor and writer, having co-written the music and performed in the off-Broadway play, "Black No More." Tariq Trotter, welcome to FRESH AIR. Now she in my world like hip-hop and keep telling. Starting building with her constantly round the clock. We're back in Philly, now she up at my spot telling me the things I'm telling her is making her hot. S***, you think not, think the thought went home and forgot. When I get home, get at her, through letter, phone, whatever. We knew from the start that things fall apart, intensions shatter. She said she loved my show in Paris at Elysee Montmartre and that I stepped off the stage and took a piece of her heart. Says she's working on a flick and could my clique do the score. She's studying film and photo flash, focus, record. We used to live in the same building on the same floor and never met before until I'm overseas on tour and peeped this Ethiopian queen from Philly taking classes abroad. TARIQ TROTTER: (Rapping) Somebody told me that this planet was small. If you were worried 'bout where I been or who I saw or what club I went to with my homies, baby, don't worry. Here's one of their first hits from the album, "Things Fall Apart," "You Got Me" featuring Erykah Badu.ĮRYKAH BADU: (Singing) If you were worried 'bout where I been or who I saw or what club I went to with my homies, baby don't worry. ![]() Known by his stage name, Black Thought, Trotter is the lead emcee of The Roots, which he and Thompson founded after meeting as teens in high school. In Trotter's new book, "The Upcycled Self: A Memoir On The Art Of Becoming Who We Are," the Grammy Award-winning rapper and co-founder of the hip-hop group The Roots, examines the shame of that moment, as well as other harrowing events growing up in Philadelphia intertwined with joyful moments like discovering music and meeting his fellow bandmate Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson. ![]() When the tip of the lighter got too hot for Tariq's little fingers, he reactively tossed it, the curtains and carpet erupting in flames before engulfing the entire house. He was 6 years old, deep in play with his army men - those popular, plastic figurines from the '70s - when he decided to flick a lighter to add drama to the war scene. ![]() Tariq Trotter's life, as he remembers it, starts with a fire. ![]()
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