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Ahmir K. Thompson (born January 20, 1971), known professionally as Questlove (stylized as ?uestlove), is an American drummer, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor.He is the drummer and joint frontman (with Black Thought) for the hip-hop band the Roots.The Roots have been the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014, after having ...
Questlove. Producer: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised). Academy Award-winning filmmaker, drummer, DJ, producer, director, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, and member of The Roots - Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia's most influential hip-hop group.
Dec 7, 2023 · Questlove makes no bones about it: working on that 12-minute Hip-Hop 50 revue at the 2023 GRAMMYs was taxing.So taxing, in fact, that he lost two teeth due to the psychological pressure. But he soldiered on, and the result is an inspiring rush of a two-hour special.
Oct 16, 2024 · To Questlove’s point, his ingenuity has extended outside the confines of his musical prowess as a drummer, producer, and DJ. He’s also successfully taken on the role of director for multiple films, including Summer of Soul, his directorial debut that earned an Academy Award for Best Documentary, and a Grammy Award for Best Music Film in 2022.. This month, he debuted his first illustrated ...
Mar 25, 2022 · Questlove: My creative direction for the Summer of Soul and intention started off really different than what we wound up with. I initially just wanted to do a very cool curated mixtape, if you ...
Sep 21, 2024 · Questlove, RadicalMedia’s Dave Sirulnick and Samantha Grogin, as well as Broken Halo Entertainment’s KB White (son of late band leader Maurice White) and Kinfolk Management + Media’s Arron ...
Drummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, and member of The Roots – Questlove, is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia’s most influential hip-hop group.Beyond that, this 4-time GRAMMY Award winning musician’s indisputable reputation has landed him musical directing positions with everyone from D’Angelo to Eminem to Jay-Z
May 27, 2011 · Questlove takes you behind the scenes of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Get the inside scoop on a typical day in the life of Quest, from rehearsing the band t...
An Academy Award‒winning filmmaker, drummer, DJ, producer, director, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, and co-founder of the Roots, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia’s most influential hip-hop group. He is the musical director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where the Roots serves as the house band.
Feb 6, 2022 · With distance, Questlove reflects on the group’s European excursion (34:34), the infamous Philadelphia jam sessions that placed The Roots in a larger, cultural context (39:30), how his definition of success has evolved with age (41:17), and the profound final words of his manager Richard Nichols (44:12). To close, we sit with the words of ...
