Questlove

American hip hop musician, record producer and DJ · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1971 · age 55

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.

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2022Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature FilmAwardTime 100Award2018“Dare I hesitate to say that creativity might be in jeopardy because one of the key components of being creative is boredom and silence and isolation.”In their wordsOn how distractions might affect creativity in “Questlove Aims To Save Your Brain: 'Creativity Might Be In Jeopardy'” in NPR (2018 May 1)Read the whole statement

“A lot of us are afraid that we’ll get found out as normal.”In their wordsOn imposter syndrome in “The Last Word: Questlove on Why He Doesn’t Drink, Idolizing Dave Chappelle” in Rolling Stone (2018 Apr 19)Read the whole statement

2013“…Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.”In their wordsOn how his career differs than when he was 22 in “WE’VE GOT LOVE FOR QUESTLOVE” in Interview Magazine (2013 Jun 13)Read the whole statement

1971Born20 January 1971

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I still don’t know if I am truly creative...At times I feel like I’m a way better student than I am teacher or maker.
As stated in the introduction of his book Creative Quest (as quoted in “The Last Word: Questlove on Why He Doesn’t Drink, Idolizing Dave, Own words
I jumped in the river and there’s piranhas and sharks, but I have a 500-foot lead on them.
On what he would tell his teenaged self in “The Last Word: Questlove on Why He Doesn’t Drink, Idolizing Dave Chappelle” in Rolling Stone, Own words

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Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film2022

Time 1002022

About this person

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.

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