Questlove
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born January 20, 1971), known professionally as Questlove (stylized as ?uestlove), is an American musician and music journalist. He is the drummer and one of the frontperson for the hip hop band, the Roots. The Roots is the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since February 17, 2014.
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| Birth name | Ahmir Khalib Thompson |
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| Born | 20 January 1971 (aged 55) |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
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| Website | questlove |
Questlove is also one of the producers of the cast album of the Broadway musical Hamilton. He is the co-founder of the websites Okayplayer and OkayAfrica.[1]
He is an instructor at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University.[2]
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Questlove at a New York book signing, 2013
Aftershow party 1999, Germany
Questlove performing with the Roots at the 2011 Ottawa Bluesfest
Quest Love Key Note Speaker: Documentary Spotlight, presented by The Ankler and Pure Nonfiction
Questlove performing in 2011
References
- ↑ Bischof, Jackie (February 11, 2013). Questlove of The Roots Branches Out to Africa. https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/02/11/from-questlove-of-the-roots-a-cross-continental-exchange/. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
- ↑ Ahmir "?Uestlove" Thompson: Adjunct Instructor. New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
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