Questlove has been very busy of late making music documentaries. His latest about Saturday Night Live is a complete gem.
The musician and filmmaker discussed The Roots and his new documentaries 'Sly Lives' and 'Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of ...
The Oscar winner who co-directed '50 Years of SNL Music' on taking on significant performances by Sinead O'Connor, Kanye West and Ashlee Simpson: "I want[ed] to cover every controversial moment on the ...
Nearly 1,000 artists have performed on the Studio 8H stage since “SNL” debuted on October 11, 1975, according to the show, with the first being funk ... and Roots drummer and Oscar-winning filmmaker ...
Questlove can still remember seeing ... hundreds of punks invaded the show, stage-diving and slam-dancing their way to TV notoriety and leading to the urban legend that Michaels banned the group ...
Jimmy Fallon viewers were left surprised earlier this month when The Roots, the show's longtime house band, were noticeably absent.
What is Black genius?” It’s a slightly sideways question that results in some blank looks, but the filmmaker’s point is this: ...
Her work previously appeared in CNBC, PAPER Magazine and Los Angeles Magazine. Rich Polk/Variety via Getty Questlove is opening up about mental health and what he wishes he could have done for ...
Questlove does much more than stitch together ... there weren't many live performances by contemporary musical artists on network TV — so the show became an important spot for checking out ...
Like its predecessor, the Oscar and Grammy-winning “Summer of Soul” — which was also directed by the Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove ... of the movie is just show artists like him some ...
Even Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson struggles with imposter syndrome. The Grammy Award-winning bandleader for The Roots says the feeling was particularly acute in 2021, when his documentary Summer of Soul ...
Of his thorough preparation, Questlove jokes ... that are equal parts somber (Paul Simon on the first post-9/11 show), surreal (Sinéad O’Connor ripping up a photo of the Pope), and groundbreaki ...