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Where are The Roots from?
The Roots are from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Who started The Roots?
Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir Questlove Thompson started The Roots.
Where did Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir Questlove Thompson meet?
Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir Questlove Thompson were both attending the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts.
What did Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir Questlove Thompson do during high school after meeting?
Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir Questlove Thompson would busk out on the street corners with Questlove playing bucket drums and Tariq rapping over his rhythms.
What was Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir Questlove Thompson's first gig?
Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir Questlove Thompson's first organized gig was a talent show in 1989 at the school where they used the name Radio Activity.
What was the year of Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir Questlove Thompson's first gig at a talent show at Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts?
Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir Questlove Thompson's first gig was in 1989.
What was Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir Questlove Thompson's name at their first gig at a talent show in 1989 at Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts?
Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir used the name Radio Activity, which began a series of name changes that progressed through Black to the Future and then The Square Roots.

Question: Why did they change
Self-contained rewrite: Why did Tariq Black Thought Trotter and Ahmir Questlove Thompson change the band name from Radio Activity to Black to the Future and then The Square Roots?