Questlove is an American musician, rapper, record producer, music journalist, multi-instrumentalist, disc jockey and author, best known as the drummer and frontman for the hip hop group The Roots alongside Black Thought. As part of the group he collaborated on 11 studio albums – Organix (1993), Want More?!!!??! (1995), Illadelph Halflife (1996), Things Fall Apart (1999), Phrenology (2002), The Turning Point (2004), Game Theory (2006), Climb Down (2008), How I Get Over It (2010), Undun (2011) andAnd Then You Shoot Your Cousin (2014). The group also became a house band for the TV talk shows Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (2009-2014) and The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon Questlove is also an accomplished author, having published four books since April 2019: Mo’ Meta Blues: The World After Questlove (2013), Soul Train: A Generation’s Music, Dance, and Style (2013), Something to Eat About: Exploring Creativity with Innovative Chefs (2016), and Creative Quest (2018).

Born name

Ahmir Khalib Thompson

nickname

Questlove, Questlove Gomez, Questo,? Uestlove, Brother? Uestion, Bruder Frage, Qlove, Questlove De La Rose

Sun sign

Aquarius

Place of birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Residence

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• New York City, New York, United States

nationality

training

Questlove attended Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

After graduating, he enrolled at a community music school near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, where he studied jazz and composition.

occupation

Musician, rapper, record producer, author, music journalist, multi-instrumentalist, disc jockey

family

• Father – Arthur Lee Andrews Thompson (singer)
• Mother – Jacquelin Thompson (singer)
• Siblings – Donn Thompson (Sister) (Singer)
• Others – Beachy Thompson (Grandmother) (Gospel Singer)

Manager

Questlove is represented by –

• Maverick Management (Manager) in Los Angeles, California, USA
• Donovan Public Relations (publicist) in New York, New York, New York, United States

Genre

Hip Hop, Rap, Neo-Soul, Alternativer Hip Hop

instruments

Vocals, drums, bass, guitar, percussion, keyboards, turntables

labels

• Okayplayer
• Def Jam Recordings

To build

Average

Height

186.5 cm (6 ft 1.5 in)

weight

93 kg or 205 lbs

girlfriend/spouse

Questlove prefers to keep his dating history private.

race/ethnicity

Schwarz

Questlove is of African American descent.

hair colour

Schwarz

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Lange’s Afro Hair
• full beard
• Wear glasses often
• High laughter
• high altitude

brand promotion

Questlove has endorsed its own brands –

• Food catering business Quest loves food
• The Pocket Kit , a drum set for children between 4 and 10 years old

Questlove has appeared in TV commercials for –

• Motorola ROKR phone (2005) neben Madonna, Bootsy Collins, Little Richard und Iggy Pop
• Microsoft Kin Mobile Phone (2010)

Known for

• Drummer and frontman for hip hop group The Roots and is credited with 11 studio albums between 1993 and 2014
• As part of the home band for the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon TV talk show between 2009 and 2014 and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon from 2014 onwards
• His acting roles in films Bamboozled (2000), Brooklyn Babylon (2001) and boy band (2018)
• Working with the most famous rappers, musicians and singers like Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, Christian McBride, John Legend, John Mayer and others

First album

Questlove, as the drummer and joint frontman for hip hop group The Roots, released his first independent studio album on May 19, 1993 under the Organix moniker . The album consisted of 17 tracks, the most famous of which were I’m Out, Deah , Good Music , Grits , Popcorn Revised , The Anti-Circle , and Pass the Popcorn . In 1998, Freight Records record label picked up and re-released the album.

first movie

Questlove made his motion picture debut as Alabama Porch Monkeys: Levi – Musical Director in a comedy, drama Bamboozled . His hip hop group member Black Thought also starred in the film alongside Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Rapaport.

First TV show

Questlove first appeared as himself on the second episode of the first season of the comedy talk show The Chris Rock Show in 1997.

Questlove favorite things

• Interests – Cooking, Politics, Writing, DJing, TV
• Actor – Paul Rudd
• Singer – Solange Knowles

Questlove facts

1. He comes from a musical family.
2. His father was the frontman of the doo-wop group Lee Lee Andrews & the Hearts in the 1950s. Their single Try the Impossible reached number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1958.
3. Questlove’s mother was a member of the Kongressgasse soul group alongside his father, while his grandmother sang with the gospel group The Dixie Hummingbirds .
4. He started drumming when he was 2 years old. His parents didn’t trust babysitters, which forced them to take Questlove with them on their tours.
5. At the age of 8, Questlove became very accustomedand knows the life of the musician on the street. Knowing how to set up microphones and lights, he quickly became responsible for the technical part of his parents’ musical performances.
6. When he was very young he got a chance to become a drummer for his father’s group as the original drummer couldn’t make it in time.
7. These experiences led to his first official musical performance at the age of 13 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York, United States.
8. He met Black Thought while they were both attending Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA). In 1987 they started The Square Roots , which later became simply The Roots , before releasing their first album in 1993.
9. After Questlove graduated from high school, he got a place at the Juilliard School in New York, USA. It was one of the most prestigious music schools, but he couldn’t afford the lessons.
10. Questlove appeared in the 2004 documentary Fade to Black about Jay-Z’s career.
11. In 2006, he had a notable appearance in the film Dave Chappelle’s Block Party and did a skit titled The Lost Episodes about Tupac Shakur.
12. He wrote material for popular singer Duffy’s 2nd album in 2010.
13. In 2011, he was hired to DJ for the Brooklyn Bowl event and model Heidi Klum’s Halloween party.
14. Alongside Questlove The Roots bassist Owen Biddle helped the musical duo Karmin cover the song Super Bass premiered in 2011 by Nicki Minaj.
15. He was ranked 8th in the “Best Drummers of All Time” list in the Reader’s Picks section of Rolling Stone Magazine.
16. He became an adjunct professor at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, a part of New York University in New York, USA.
17. When he started his own business in the form of a catering company Quest Loves Food he came up with the idea of ​​having at least 15 food trucks that would go to the well-known festivals and events across the United States.
18. Questlove took part in the PBS TV series Finding Roots in 2017, where he found out that his great-great-great-grandparents were Charles and Maggie Lewis. They were slaves sold in the major port of what is now the African Republic of Benin and smuggled illegally to Alabama, the United States, in 1860.
19. He was planning to work with Amy Winehouse, and he and rapper Mos Def were just waiting for their visas to be approved to start the project. However, Amy’s untimely death in July 2011 made her plans impossible.
20. Questlove appeared in a documentary about Amy Winehouse titled Amy in 2015.
21. In 2015 he played Retta’s brother named Levondrious in the popular TV series Parks and Recreation Also starring Chris Pratt, Aziz Ansari, Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Rashida Jones and others.
22. He started a weekly podcast on Pandora Radio called Questlove Supreme in September 2016. Some of the notable guests included Solange Knowles, Chris Rock, Pete Rock and Maya Rudolph.
23. Questlove curated the music collection titled The Michelle Obama M usiaqualogy The soundtrack to accompany Michelle Obama’s memoir Werden that was released the same year. It contained more than 300 tracks from artists like Aretha Franklin, Prince, Michael Jackson, Kendrick Lamar, Erykah Badu and many others.
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