Even by his superproductive standards, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is having an extraordinarily busy start to 2025. The Roots ...

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s evolution from musician and DJ to podcaster and award-winning filmmaker has been remarkable. His latest film, “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius),” explores the l ...

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Elvis at last month’s Sundance Film Festival to share what Black genius means to him… and to tease his next project(!).

"You really see Questlove's DJ skills come into play," says Novena Carmel, a DJ at Los Angeles-area NPR member station KCRW. She's also Sly Stone's daughter. "I think that he could tell that Questlove ...

“I didn’t want to do it, first of all,” Murphy says in Questlove’s film. “Back then, I didn’t smoke or get high … At SNL, a lot of people were smoking [and] it was 2 or 3 o’clock in the morning … [The ...

Questlove performing during the Mythical Games ... So I prepared for that intro the same way that I prepare for DJ gigs. In my opinion, any song has the ability to be deejayed, I just have to ...

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off the Sundance debut of Ahmir “ Questlove‘ Thompson’s Sly Lives! documentary and an SNL50 celebration weekend that saw the Roots literally centerstage, the Oscar winner and ...

The documentary traces Sly Stone's career, from popular DJ in the San Francisco Bay Area to frontman for a groundbreaking interracial band. Record producer and musician Questlove directed the film ...

A new documentary from Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson pays tribute to ... Soul”) follows Stone’s career from rock-loving radio DJ to budding record producer (for The Beau Brummels and others ...

PHILADELPHIA — Even by his superproductive standards, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is having an extraordinarily busy start to 2025. The Roots drummer, DJ, documentary filmmaker, author ...

Questlove's new film probes 'The Burden of Black ... Using archival clips, the film charts Sly Stone's rise from a Bay Area DJ to wild years with his band, the Family Stone. It illustrates Stone ...