Drummer, DJ, producer and filmmaker
Questlove
Born 1971-01-20
Philadelphia doo-wop kid who started drumming at two, co-founded The Roots at 16, and never stopped collecting. He turned late-night TV into a vinyl classroom, directed the Oscar-winning Summer of Soul, and still DJs like the analog world never ended.
Achievements
Academy Award and BAFTA for Summer of Soul, six Grammy Awards with The Roots, house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014, 200,000-record collection, eight books, NYU adjunct professor.
Birthday: January 20 birthday
Recent successes
- 2022-03-27 Ā· Oscar for Summer of Soul. Won Best Documentary Feature at the 94th Academy Awards for his directorial debut.
- 2023-01-01 Ā· Podcast awards. Questlove Supreme won Best Music Podcast at the iHeart Podcast Awards and Podcast of the Year at Adweek's Audio Awards.
Losses
- 2011-07-23 Ā· Planned collaboration ended. Had been planning a project with Amy Winehouse before her death.
Happy moments
- 2021-01-31 Ā· Sundance wins. Summer of Soul won both the US Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for documentary at Sundance.
- 2009-03-02 Ā· Late Night house band. The Roots became the house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, later moving to The Tonight Show.
