Questlove

About Questlove

Born Ahmir Khalib Thompson, he is the drummer for the hip-hop band The Roots, known for such albums as Things Fall Apart, Phrenology and The Tipping Point. In 2009, The Roots were named the house band for Jimmy Fallon's Late Night.

Ahmir Khalib Thompson, known professionally as Questlove, is an American musician, songwriter, streamer, musician and journalist. He is the drummer and leader of hip hop group The Roots. The Roots is an internal group of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon since February 17, 2014. Questlove is also a cast member of the album producer for the Broadway musical Hamilton. He is the co-founder of the Okayplayer and OkayAfrica websites. In addition, he is an Assistant Professor at the Clive Davis Institute of Music and Record Music at New York University. Questlove has produced recordings for artists like Elvis Costello, Common, D'Angelo, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Jay-Z, Nikka Costa and most recently Booker T. Jones, Al Green, Amy Winehouse and John Legend. He is a member of the Soulquarians, Randy Watson Experience, Soultronics, Grand Negaz and Grand Wizzards production groups. As an author he has written four books.

Birth name	Ahmir Khalib Thompson
Also known as	Questo, BROther?uestion, Brother Question, Qlove, Questlove Gomez
Labels	Okayplayer, Def Jam
Instruments	Drums, keyboards, bass, guitar, percussion, turntables, vocals
Genres	Hip hop, neo soul, alternative hip hop
Associated acts	The Randy Watson Experience, The Roots, Saturday Night Live Band, The Soultronics, Soulquarians, The Philadelphia Experiment, Christian McBride, D'Angelo
Born	January 20, 1971, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Years active	1987–present
Occupation(s)	Record producer, rapper, multi-instrumentalist, disc jockey, music journalist, actor, songwriter

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Trivia

He has produced songs and albums for a number of popular artists including Common, Jay-Z, John Legend, and Erykah Badu.

Questlove before fame

He was a classmate of future Roots co-founder Tariq Trotter at Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts.

Achievement of Questlove

Common, Jay-Z, John Legend, and Erykah Badu are among the musicians for whom he has produced songs and albums.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$16 Million

Questlove family life

Lee Andrews, his father, was the frontman for the doo-wop group Lee Andrews & the Hearts in the 1950s.

Associations of Questlove

He participated in a number of skits on Dave Chappelle's TV show Chappelle's Show and in his 2006 film Dave Chappelle's Block Party.

Questlove Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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Height	187 cm
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