Their third album, Illadelph Halflife (1996), spawned a breakout single in "Clones" and an attention-grabbing video for "What They Do." Their follow-up effort, Things Fall Apart (1999), brought the group's first gold record and Grammy win, for the single "You Got Me."
Questlove eventually developed a machine-like quality to his drumming, and with it arrived The Roots' first taste of commercial success.
With a limited market for their unique sound, they independently released a debut album, Organix (1993) and spent much of the early 1990s touring Europe. Alongside Questlove (also known as ?uestlove) and Trotter, a.k.a Black Thought, The Roots expanded to include lyricist Malik B., Josh Abrams and then Leonard Hubbard on bass, and Scott Storch on keyboard.ĭelivering socially conscious lyrics and jazz-influenced sound from its instrumentalists, The Roots were an anomaly in a genre of sampled beats and a "gangsta" ethos defined by artists like Dr. In 1987, the duo launched the hip-hop group that became The Roots. It also included a streetwise art student named Tariq Trotter, who found in Questlove's drum beats a strong backing to his freestyle rapping abilities. Questlove entered the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, which counted the future members of Boyz II Men and rising jazz luminaries Christian McBride and Joey DeFrancesco among its student body. At age 12, Questlove filled in when the band's drummer canceled and debuted alongside his father at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. Around that time, a wave of '50s nostalgia had revived his father's career, and Questlove soon began spending school vacations on the road with his parents and older sister, Donn.īy age seven, the budding musician was preparing his father's performance outfits, and within two years, he was in charge of stage lighting. Raised in West Philadelphia, Questlove began drumming at age two and developed a fascination with music shows like Soul Train. His father, Lee Andrews, had enjoyed commercial success in the late 1950s with his doo-wop band, the Hearts, and his mother, Jaquelin, was a model and a singer.
Questlove was born Ahmir Khalib Thompson on January 20, 1971, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Questlove is also a music history professor, a best-selling author and the Academy Award-winning director of the 2021 documentary Summer of Soul. In 1987, he co-founded the jazz/hip-hop group the Roots, which garnered critical and commercial acclaim before becoming the house band for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in 2009. Born in 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Questlove learned the ropes of show business from his father's band.
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