Biography
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born on January 20, 1971), known professionally as ?uestlove or Questlove (also known as BROther ?uestion, Questo or Brother Question), is an American drummer, DJ, music journalist and record producer. He is best known as the drummer for the Grammy Award-winning band The Roots, which is now the in-house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He has produced for artists such as Common, D'Angelo, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Jay-Z, Nikka Costa and more recently, Al Green, Amy Winehouse and John Legend. He is a member of the production teams the Soulquarians, The Randy Watson Experience, and The Grand Wizzards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Questlove,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2022
- Time 100 · 2022
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2022 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Reverend
Soul
Community
Parks and Recreation
iCarly
The Simpsons
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
James Brown: Say It Loud
The Eric Andre Show
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Janet Jackson.
Billions
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Abbott Elementary
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Bad 25
Herb Alpert Is...
All Things Must Pass
Finding the Funk
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Men in Black
Hot Ones
Empire
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Sesame Street
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Hargrove
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
The $100,000 Pyramid
Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)
Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary
Roots
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Saturday Night Live
Drunk History
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
American Symphony
Sample This
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Brown Sugar
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Chris Rock Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended Cut
Someone Great
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Finding Your Roots
The Daily Show
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues