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.

Aliases (1)

Questlove ×22

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	DJ → author → bandleader → drummer → filmmaker → human → music director → record producer →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature → Grammy Award → Grammy Award for Best Music Film →
basedIn	New York City →
birthDate	1971-01-20 →
birthPlace	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 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 Khalib Thompson →
notableWork	Creative Quest → Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove → Music Is History → 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	Questlove →
twitterUsername	questlove →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Do You Want More?!!!??! ("Questlove") → Electric Circus ("Questlove") → How I Got Over ("Questlove") → Illadelph Halflife ("Questlove") → Like Water for Chocolate ("Questlove") → Organix ("Questlove") → Phrenology ("Questlove") → Rising Down ("Questlove") → Things Fall Apart ("Questlove") → Undun ("Questlove") → …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin ("Questlove") →	producer
D'Angelo ("Questlove") → Erykah Badu ("Questlove") → Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas ("Questlove") → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ("Questlove") →	associatedAct
Soulquarians ("Questlove") → The Roots →	member
The Roots →	founder
J Dilla ("Questlove") →	hasInfluenced
The Tipping Point ("Questlove") →	hasProducer
Illadelph Halflife ("Questlove") →	mainPerformer
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ("Questlove") →	stageName
Soul ("Questlove") →	voiceActor
You Got Me ("Questlove") →	writer