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Questlove
Questlove in 2011
Questlove in 2011
Background information
Birth nameAhmir K. Thompson[1]
Also known as
  • Quest
  • Questo
  • BROther?uestion
  • Brother Question
  • Qlove
  • ?uestlove
  • Questlove Gomez
Born(1971-01-20)January 20, 1971(age 53)
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • record producer
  • DJ
  • music journalist
  • actor
  • film director
Instrument(s)Drums
Years active1987–present
Labels
Member of
Websitequestlove

Ahmir K. Thompson(born January 20, 1971), known professionally asQuestlove(stylized as?uestlove), is an American drummer, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. He is the drummer and joint frontman (withBlack Thought) for the hip hop bandthe Roots.The Roots have been serving as thein-house bandforThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonsince 2014, after having fulfilled the same role onLate Night with Jimmy Fallon.Questlove is also one of the producers of the 2018 cast album of the Broadway musicalHamilton.He has also co-founded of the websitesOkayplayerandOkayAfrica.[2]He joinedClive Davis Institute of Recorded MusicatNew York Universityas an adjunct professor in 2016,[3]and hosts the podcastQuestlove Supreme.

Questlove has produced recordings for artists includingElvis Costello,Common,D'Angelo,Jill Scott,Erykah Badu,Bilal,Jay-Z,Nikka Costa,Booker T. Jones,Al Green,Amy Winehouse,andJohn Legend.He has served as a member of theSoulquarians,the Randy Watson Experience,the Soultronics,the Grand Negazandthe Grand Wizzards.As an author, he has written four books. Questlove is the recipient of many accolades, including anAcademy Award,[4]sixGrammy Awards[5]and aBAFTA Award.[6]

Early life[edit]

Ahmir Thompson was born on January 20, 1971[7]into a musical family inPhiladelphia.His father was Arthur Lee Andrews Thompson, fromGoldsboro, North Carolina.[8]A singer, he became known as Lee Andrews and was lead withLee Andrews & the Hearts,a 1950sdoo-wopgroup.[9]Ahmir's mother, Jacquelin Thompson, together with his father, was also part of the Philadelphia-based soul group Congress Alley.[10]His parents did not want to leave him with babysitters so they took him with them when they were on tour.[11]He grew up in backstages of doo-wop shows. By the age of seven, Thompson began drumming on stage at shows, and by 13, had become a musical director.

Questlove's parents enrolled him at thePhiladelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts.By the time he graduated, he had founded a band called the Square Roots (later dropping the word "square" ) with his friend Tariq Trotter (Black Thought). Questlove's classmates at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts includedBoyz II Men,jazz bassistChristian McBride,jazz guitaristKurt Rosenwinkel,jazz organistJoey DeFrancesco,and singerAmel Larrieux.He attendedsenior promwith Larrieux. After graduating from high school, he took jazz and composition classes at theSettlement Music School.[12]

Questlove at a New York book signing, 2013

Thompson began performing onSouth Streetin Philadelphia using drums, while Tariq rhymed over his beats and rhythms. Thompson and Jay Lonick, a childhood friend, were known for improvisational "call and response" percussion battles with plastic buckets, crates, and shopping carts. This style translated into Thompson's usual drumset arrangement, with most drums and cymbals positioned at waist level, emulating his original street setups.[citation needed]

For theOkayplayerplatform and web televisionOkayAfrica TV,Questlove had his DNA tested in 2011 and genealogists researched his family ancestry. Questlove's DNA revealed from both of his biological parents that he is ofWest Africandescent, specifically theMende people(found mostly inSierra Leoneas well as Guinea and Liberia).[13]

From the PBS television series,Finding Your Roots,hosted by ProfessorHenry Louis Gates Jr.,Questlove learned in December 2017 that he was descended in part from Charles and Maggie Lewis, his three times great-grandparents, who had been taken captive in warfare and sold as slaves in the port ofOuidah,Dahomey(nowBenin) to American ship captain William Foster. They were among 110 slaves smuggled illegally toMobile, Alabama,in July 1860 on theClotilda.It was the last known slave ship to carry slaves to the United States. Questlove is the only guest to have appeared on Gates's program to be descended from slaves known by name, ship, and where they came from in Africa.[14][15]

Career[edit]

1993–1996: Beginnings with the Roots[edit]

Further information:The Roots

The Roots' lineup was soon completed, with Questlove on drums and percussion, Tariq Trotter and Malik B on vocals,Josh Abrams(Rubber Band) on bass (who was replaced by Leonard Hubbard in 1994), andScott Storchon keyboards. While the group was performing a show inGermany,they recorded an album entitledOrganix,released by Relativity Records in 1993.

The group continued recording, releasing two critically acclaimed records in 1995 and 1996,Do You Want More?!!!??!andIlladelph Halflife,respectively.

1997–2003: Breakthrough, Soulquarians era, and increased output[edit]

See also:Soulquarians

In 1999, the Roots had mainstream success with "You Got Me" (featuringErykah Badu); the song earned the band theGrammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Groupfor 2000. The song helped fuel the success of theirThings Fall Apartalbum, which has since been hailed as a classic, eventually selling platinum.

Questlove served as executive producer for D'Angelo's 2000 albumVoodoo,Slum Village's albumFantastic, Vol. 2,and Common's albumsLike Water for ChocolateandElectric Circus.Besides the aforementioned albums, he has also contributed as a drummer or producer to Erykah Badu'sBaduizmandMama's Gun,Dilated Peoples'Expansion Team,Blackalicious'sBlazing Arrow,Bilal's1st Born Second,N*E*R*D'sFly or Die,Joshua Redman'sMomentum,andZap Mama's Axel NormanAncestry In Progress,Fiona Apple'sExtraordinary Machine,andZack De La Rocha's currently unreleased solo material.

Aftershow party 1999, Germany

In 2001, he collaborated as the drummer forThe Philadelphia Experiment,a collaborative instrumental jazz album featuring Christian McBride andUri Caine,and the DJ of the compilationQuestlove Presents: Babies Making Babies,released on Urban Theory Records in 2002. He played drums onChristina Aguilera's song "Loving Me 4 Me" for her 2002 albumStripped.In 2002, he and the Roots released the critically acclaimedPhrenology,which went gold.

In 2003, he played drums onJohn Mayer's song "Clarity" from his second albumHeavier Things.He also arranged and drummed onJoss Stone's cover ofthe White Stripes' "Fell in Love with a Girl".

2004–present: Continued output and other media endeavors[edit]

In 2004, the Roots releasedThe Tipping Point,which contained a more mainstream sound, allegedly due to demands from Interscope Records. The album sold 400,000 copies. In 2004, Questlove appeared inJay-Z'sFade to Black.In addition to appearing in the documentary portion of the film, Questlove was the drummer/musical director for all portions of the show with a live band. In 2005, Questlove appeared along with performers includingMadonna,Iggy Pop,Bootsy Collins,andLittle Richardin atelevision commercialfor theMotorola ROKRphone. Questlove also appears for a short clip in the 2005 film,The Longest Yard.

Questlove performing withthe Rootsat the 2011Ottawa Bluesfest

In 2006, Questlove appeared in the filmDave Chappelle's Block Party,as well as a couple of skits onChappelle's Show.These included theTupac"The Lost Episodes"skit, and one featuringJohn Mayer,wherein Questlove performs in a barber shop, inducing the occupants to dance and rap. With the exception ofthe FugeesandJill Scott,Questlove served as the drummer at the 2004Brooklynstreet concert and was the musical director for the entire show. Questlove was given an Esky for Best Scribe inEsquiremagazine's 2006 Esky Music Awards in the April issue. In 2006, Questlove was one of a handful of musicians hand-picked bySteve Van Zandtto backHank Williams Jr.on a new version of "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" for the season premiere (and formalESPNdebut) ofMonday Night Football.Along with his fellow Motorola ROKR commercial co-stars, Bootsy Collins and Little Richard, Questlove's bandmates includedRick Nielsen(Cheap Trick),Joe Perry(Aerosmith),Charlie Daniels,andBernie Worrell. In the same year, he appeared in the studio albumFlyof the Italian singerZucchero Fornaciari.

In 2007, Questlove co-produced with VH1'sThe Scorewinning producer Antonio "DJ Satisfaction" Gonzalez, from the Maniac Agenda, the theme toVH1's Hip Hop Honors 2007.Questlove joinedBen HarperandJohn Paul Jonesfor theBonnarooSuperJam on June 16, 2007, to play a 97-minute set.[16]

On March 2, 2009, Questlove and the Roots began their run as house band forLate Night with Jimmy Fallon.[17]He continues to perform with the Roots onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,continuing his duties fromLate Night with Jimmy Fallon.He occasionally performed solos titled, 're-mi xing the clips', where he drew on his production and DJ abilities to dub video clips, cue audio samples in rhythm, and play drum breaks simultaneously.

In late 2009, while serving as an associate producer of the hit Broadway playFela!,Questlove recruited Jay-Z to come on board as a producer. It was reported thatWill SmithandJada Pinkett Smithhad also signed on as producers.[18]

In January 2010, he was writing material with British singerDuffyfor her second album.[19]He has been featured in a commercial for Microsoft's short-lived mobile phone, theKin.In 2010, he made a cameo in the music video ofDuck Sauce's song "Barbra Streisand",and with the Roots released the albumDilla Jointswith renditions of producerJ Dilla's music. He contributed drums to the song "You Got a Lot to Learn", which was recorded for theself-titledthird studio album byEvanescence,[20][21]but did not appear on the final release.[22]

Questlove was planning to collaborate withAmy Winehousebeforeher deathin July 2011. He said "We'reSkypebuddies, and she wants to do a project withMosand me. Soon as she gets her visa thing together, that's gonna happen. "[23]Rolling Stonenamed Questlove number 2 in the 50 Top Tweeters in Music. In June 2011, Questlove played drums alongside the Roots bassistOwen BiddleforKarmin's cover ofNicki Minaj's "Super Bass."[24]Questlove placed 8th in theRolling StoneReaders Pick for Best Drummers of all Time.

In September 2016, Questlove launched a weekly radio show onPandora,Questlove Supreme.[25]Notable guests have includedSolange,[26]Chris Rock,[27]Maya Rudolph,[25]andPete Rock,[28]among others.

Questlove was interviewed by Alec Baldwin for the January 3, 2017, episode of Baldwin's WNYC podcastHere's the Thing,where he joked about being "obsessed" with his Wikipedia profile. During the interview, he also discussed his musical and cultural interests, how the Roots started a "movement" with three 15-passenger vans, and the impact of the loss of musical icons in 2016.[29]

He also served as the musical director of both the 2020 and 2021 Academy Awards ceremony, in addition to being the show's in-house DJ. The music for the 2020 ceremony was largely remixed from compositions created by his band The Roots, with no in-house orchestra present.[30]

In 2021, Questlove made his directorial debut withSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),a film about the 1969Harlem Cultural Festival,[31]which featured performances by Stevie Wonder, Sly and The Family Stone, Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples, B.B. King, and many other top soul, jazz, gospel and Latin artists of the era.Summer of Soulwon both the US Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for documentary at the 2021Sundance Film Festival.[32]Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures acquired the film for distribution, setting a new Sundance Film Festival record for documentary film acquisition price. The film received acclaim from critics, with particular praise given to the restoration of the footage used. The film won numerous awards, includingBest Documentary Featureat the6th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards,where it won in all six categories in which it was nominated,Best Documentaryat the75th British Academy Film Awards,Best Documentary Featureat the94th Academy Awards,[33]andBest Music Filmat the64th Annual Grammy Awards.

In September 2022, it was announced that Questlove would executive produce a feature documentary aboutJ DillatitledDilla Time,adapted from theDan Charnasbiographyof the same name.Joseph Patel, who also producedSummer of Soul,and Darby Wheeler are slated to co-direct.[34]

Writing[edit]

Questlove's signature

In 2007 he provided the foreword for the bookCheck the Technique.[35]On June 18, 2013, he released a memoir,Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove.On October 22, 2013, Harper Design published the Questlove-written book,Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation.[36]

Questlove released his third book,Something To Food About: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs,along with co-author Ben Greenman and photographer Kyoko Hamada, which was published by Clarkson Potter Books on April 12, 2016.[37]In 2018, Questlove curated the soundtrackThe Michelle Obama MusiaqualogyforMichelle Obama's memoirBecoming.[38]

He also released the bookCreative Quest,regarding the concept and cultivation of creativity, in April 2018.[39][40]

Questlove's next book,Music Is History,was published in December 2021 byAbrams Image.The book explores popular music through the context of American history over the past fifty years, connecting issues of race, gender, politics, and identity with Questlove's point of view.[41]

In 2023 he started his own publishing imprintAuwa Bookswho will publish his next bookHip-Hop Is History.[42]

Discography[edit]

The Roots[edit]

Other studio releases[edit]

Filmography[edit]

Questlove at a June 19, 2013 book signing

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2000 Bamboozled Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi - Musical Director
2001 Brooklyn Babylon Member of The Lions
2006 Before the Music Dies Himself / Musician: The Roots Documentary
2011 The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 Himself Documentary
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest Documentary
2012 Bad 25 Documentary
2013 Finding the Funk Narrator Co-executive producer
2014 Top Five — Executive music producer
Composer
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown Himself Documentary
2016 Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall Documentary
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Cameo appearance
Vincent N Roxxy — Composer
2019 Someone Great Himself
2020 Soul Curley Voice role [44]
2021 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Director [45]
TBA UntitledThe Aristocatsremake — Director
Executive Producer 		[46]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Street Time Composer Episode: "Born to Kill"
2004 Chappelle's Show Original sketch music 12 episodes
2009
2014 		Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Musical director 969 episodes
2009 Yo Gabba Gabba! Himself Episode: "Clean"
2010 Nickelodeon Presents History and Heritage Composer Television film
VH1 Rock Docs Himself Episode: "Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America"
2011 Philly's 4th of July Jam Music director Television special
2012 iCarly Himself Episode: "iShock America"
2012
2021 		Independent Lens 2 episodes
2012 The Cleveland Show Voice role
Episode: "Menace II Secret Society"
2012 Soul Train Awards Composer Television special
2013 The Eric Andre Show Himself Episode: "Chance the Rapper/Mel B"
Top Chef Himself - Guest Judge / Musician / Restaurateur Episode: "Giving It The College Try"
Say Yes to the Dress Himself Episode: "Apple of His Eye"
2014-2016 Inside Amy Schumer 3 episodes
2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Corpse Uncredited
Episode: "Criminal Stories"
SoundClash — Executive producer
Episode: "Fall Out Boy, T.I. & London Grammar"
2014-2023 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Himself 334 episodes
2015 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Episode: "Miami"
Empire Voice role
Episode: "Et Tu, Brute?"
The Jim Gaffigan Show Episode: "My Friend the Priest"
Saturday Night Live Episode: "J.K. Simmons/D'Angelo"
Lucas Bros. Moving Co. — Voice role
2 episodes
Parks and Recreation LeVondrious Meagle Episode: "Donna and Joe"
2016 Hamilton's America Himself Television film
Night Train with Wyatt Cenac Episode: "Sneaks & Geeks"
Roots Executive music producer Miniseries
SPARKLE: A Don Quixote Story Producer Miniseries
2016-2020 Drunk History Himself 2 episodes
2017-2020 Finding Your Roots 2 episodes
2020 High Fidelity Executive music producer 10 episodes
2021 Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days Himself Television special
2022 Billions Episode: "Johnny Favorite"
2024 Abbott Elementary Episode: "2 Ava 2 Fest"

Awards and nominations[edit]

Academy Awards[edit]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2022 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)[47] Best Documentary Feature Film Won

BET Awards[edit]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2005 The Roots Best Group Nominated
2009 The Roots Best Group Nominated

BAFTAs[edit]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2022 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)[48] Best Documentary Won

Grammy Awards[edit]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2000 "You Got Me"(withErykah Badu)[49] Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group Won
Things Fall Apart Best Rap Album Nominated
2004 Phrenology Nominated
2005 "Star" Best Urban/Alternative Performance Nominated
"Don't Say Nuthin'" Best Rap Performance By a Duo/Group Nominated
2007 "Don't Feel Right" (featuring Maimouna Youssef) Nominated
Game Theory Best Rap Album Nominated
2011 "Hang On in There"(withJohn Legend) Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance Won
Wake Up!(with John Legend) Best R&B Album Won
"Shine"(with John Legend) Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Nominated
"Wake Up Everybody"(with John Legend,Melanie Fiona&Common) Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Nominated
How I Got Over Best Rap Album Nominated
2012 "Surrender"(withBetty Wright) Best Traditional R&B Performance Nominated
The Road from Memphis Best Pop Instrumental Album Won
2013 Undun Best Rap Album Nominated
2016 Hamilton Best Musical Theater Album Won
2019 Creative Quest Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording Nominated
2022 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Best Music Film Won
2023 Music Is History Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards[edit]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003 The Seed 2.0 MTV2 Award Nominated

mtvU Woodie Awards[edit]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2004 The Roots Road Woodie Nominated
Welcome Back Woodie Nominated[50]

NAACP Image Awards[edit]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2005 The Roots Outstanding Duo or Group Nominated
2007 The Roots Outstanding Duo or Group Won[51]
2011 Wake Up! Outstanding Collaboration Won[52]
Outstanding Album Won[52]

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