Questlove also shared memories of the Roots competing against Boyz II Men in a teenage talent show. The members of each group attended the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing ...
The Oscar winner who co-directed '50 Years of SNL Music' on taking on significant performances by Sinead O'Connor, Kanye West and Ashlee Simpson: "I want[ed] to cover every controversial moment on the ...
The Grammy Award–winning bandleader for The Roots spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his film on the funk musician who led Sly & the Family Stone in the 1960s and '70s. The musician and ...
I f your brain got deep-fried watching the marvelous opening sequence to 50 Years of SNL Music, yes, it was a very intensive labor of love for Questlove, and the Emmys committee s ...
Filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s experience as a DJ taught him enough about beats ... whose band the Roots became house band on the “Tonight” show when Fallon took over that ...
“I really can’t think of another thing that is as powerful, inspirational and huge as SNL is,” Billie Eilish says in Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen ... and then the last five minutes. Even in The ...
Even Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson struggles with imposter syndrome. The Grammy Award-winning bandleader for The Roots says the feeling was particularly acute in 2021, when his documentary Summer of ...