# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/questlove
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:39:55.913Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/questlove"
name: "Questlove"
slug: "questlove"
description: "Ahmir Khalib Thompson, known professionally as Questlove, is an American drummer, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. He is the drummer and joint frontman for the hip-hop band the Roots. The Roots has been the in-house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014, after having fulfilled the same role on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Questlove is also one of the producers of the 2015 cast album of the Broadway musical Hamilton. He has also co-founded the websites Okayplayer and OkayAfrica. He joined Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University as an adjunct professor in 2016, and hosted the podcast Questlove Supreme."
tagline: "American hip hop musician, record producer and DJ"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Back2Basics_%40_Hard_Rock_Cafe_080814_Photo_by_Jason_Melcher_IMG_3382_(14847453616)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.64
  momentum:             5.854700854700855
  historical:           18.97578133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/questlove"
    handle:    "questlove"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/questo"
    handle:    "questo"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859821/"
    handle:    "nm0859821"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "1h2OVSKRdJHnVqyCKqCLkf"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كويستلوڤى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%8A%D0%B2"
    title: "Куестлъв"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8E%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%84%DB%86%DA%A4"
    title: "کوێستلۆڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%91"
    title: "קווסטלאב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%88"
    title: "کویسٹ لوو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Questlove"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9436fbf8-5498-43e9-9a8d-eccbe53df6ad"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263024"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Questlove"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump