Questlove of The Roots plays the drums during the band's cover of the James Brown song "Gimme Some More" live in concert at The Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco, California on February 23, 2023. Gimme Some More was written and produced by James Brown and released as a single by his band, The J.B.'s, in 1971. It later appeared on The J.B.'s second studio album, Food for Thought (1972).

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is a Grammy Award winning drummer, producer, DJ, filmmaker, and author from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Roots are a hip-hop / soul band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisting of Tariq Trotter a/k/a Black Thought (vocals), Ahmir Thompson a/k/a Questlove (drums), Kirk Douglas (guitar), Dave Guy (trumpet), Ian "The Chief" Hendrickson-Smith (saxophone / flute), Damon Bryson a/k/a Tuba Gooding, Jr. (sousaphone), Stro Elliot (percussion), Ray Angry (keyboards / keytar), and Kamal "Maldoc" Gray (keyboards). Joining them onstage was Thaddaeus Tribbett (bass).

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Questlove official bio:

Drummer, DJ, producer, director, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, and member of The Roots, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, is the unmistakable heartbeat of Philadelphia’s most influential Hip Hop group. He is the Musical Director for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where his beloved Roots crew serves as house band. Beyond that, the five-time Grammy Award-winning musician’s indisputable reputation has landed him musical directing positions with everyone from D’Angelo to Jay-Z.

Questlove has also released multiple books including the New York Times bestsellers Mo’ Meta Blues and Creative Quest, Grammy nominated audio book Creative Quest, Soul Train: The Music, Dance and Style of a Generation, James Beard Award nominated something to food about, and most recently Mixtape Potluck.

Questlove and Black Thought of The Roots have Executive Produced the acclaimed documentary series, Hip-Hop: The Songs That Shook America on AMC under their production company Two One Five Entertainment, which announced a first-look deal with Universal Television to develop scripted and non-scripted programming. Questlove made his directorial debut with the acclaimed feature documentary Summer of Soul, which explores the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. The film premiered on the opening night of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in January, where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for Best U.S. Documentary. The film broke the record for the highest selling documentary to come out of Sundance when it was acquired by Searchlight/Hulu.

Questlove has cemented himself as one of the most sought-after DJs in pop-culture with a resume that includes gigs for The Academy Awards, The White House, Cartier, and hotels and nightclubs around the world.

Additionally, Questlove served as the Executive Music Producer and Composer on the A&E Miniseries Roots. He also scored Chris Rock’s film Top Five and co-produced the Grammy winning Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hamilton. Questlove also hosts his own acclaimed podcast “Questlove Supreme” on iHeart. Questlove co-starred in Disney Pixar’s Golden Globe-winning animated feature Soul, which landed him an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.

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The Roots official bio:

The Roots have consistently elevated music and culture as one of the most influential and impactful hip-hop collectives of all time. Founded by Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the three-time Grammy Award-winning multi platinum group went from rapping on Philadelphia corners all the way to gigs at The White House, a longtime stint as the “house band” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and billing atop their own annual festival The Roots Picnic. Among numerous classics, they changed hip-hop forever with 1999’s platinum Things Fall Apart—which Rolling Stone named one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and Pitchfork graded 9.4/10. Their Grammy Awards include Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for “You Got Me,” Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for “Hang On in There,” and Best R&B Album for Wake Up. As a live phenomenon, The Roots made history as the “first hip-hop group to perform at Lincoln Center,” and Rolling Stone lauded them as one of the “Twenty Greatest Live Acts in the World.” Black Thought and Questlove served as executive producers of the acclaimed AMC documentary series, Hip-Hop: The Songs That Shook America, and also launched their own film and television production company Two One Five Entertainment and locked down a first-look deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio and Universal Television. With their twelfth full-length album on the horizon, The Roots level up again and bring the whole culture with them.