Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson

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DJ author bandleader drummer filmmaker human music director record producer

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is an American drummer, DJ, producer, author, and filmmaker best known as the bandleader of The Roots and musical director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

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Label Occurrences
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Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson canonical 12

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instanceOf DJ ⓘ
author ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
drummer ⓘ
filmmaker ⓘ
human ⓘ
music director ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Music Film
basedIn New York City ⓘ
birthDate 1971-01-20 ⓘ
birthPlace Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
coFounderOf The Roots ⓘ
directed Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) ⓘ
educatedAt Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts ⓘ
employer The Tonight Show ⓘ
surface form: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre hip hop ⓘ
neo soul ⓘ
hasWebsite http://questlove.com/ ⓘ
instrument drums ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
turntables ⓘ
memberOf The Roots ⓘ
name Ahmir Thompson ⓘ
surface form: Ahmir Khalib Thompson
notableWork Creative Quest ⓘ
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove ⓘ
Music Is History ⓘ
Soul Train ⓘ
surface form: Soul Train: The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation

bandleader of The Roots ⓘ
co-production of D'Angelo's album Voodoo ⓘ
musical director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ⓘ
work with Common ⓘ
work with Erykah Badu ⓘ
occupation DJ ⓘ
author ⓘ
drummer ⓘ
filmmaker ⓘ
music director ⓘ
music journalist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
positionHeld bandleader of The Roots ⓘ
stageName Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Questlove
twitterUsername questlove ⓘ

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The Roots → founder → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
The Roots → member → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
J Dilla → hasInfluenced → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Electric Circus → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Erykah Badu → associatedAct → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Soul → voiceActor → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Do You Want More?!!!??! → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Illadelph Halflife → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Illadelph Halflife → mainPerformer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Things Fall Apart → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Phrenology → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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The Tipping Point → hasProducer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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You Got Me → writer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson → stageName → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Organix → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter → associatedAct → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Soulquarians → member → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas → associatedAct → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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D'Angelo → associatedAct → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Rising Down → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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How I Got Over → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Undun → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Like Water for Chocolate → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Mama’s Gun → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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I Am Music → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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All Night Long → writer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
Slum Village → associatedAct → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Jay Dee → influenced → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Electric Wire Hustler Flower → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
James Yancey → influenced → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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James Dewitt Yancey → hasInfluenced → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Top Five → musicBy → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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A Seat at the Table → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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I Don't Care → hasContributor → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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“Understand” → producer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
subject surface form: Understand
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“Tomorrow” → hasProducer → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
subject surface form: Tomorrow
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“Dies Irae” → contributor → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
subject surface form: Dies Irae
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Tariq Trotter → associatedAct → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Ahmir Thompson → stageName → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove → author → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove → author → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove → mainSubject → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Creative Quest → author → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
Creative Quest → author → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Creative Quest → narrator → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Creative Quest → basedOnExperienceOf → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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Music Is History → author → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
Music Is History → author → Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ
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