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Questlove


Born
January 20, 1971

Genre
Music


Ahmir K. Thompson (b. 1971), known professionally as Questlove, is an American musician, drummer, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. He is the drummer and joint frontman (with Black Thought) for the hip hop band the Roots. Additionally, he is an adjunct professor at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University.

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“That’s the old Roots adage, to make sure that every album work on three levels: as a personal statement, as a statement about hip-hop, and as a statement about the world.”
― Questlove, Mo' Meta Blues, la musique selon Questlove: L´Autobiographie du batteur de The Roots
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“In the simplest terms, art humanizes. It opens the circuit of empathy.”
― Questlove
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