Questlove Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Rolling Out

Drake lashed out at music publication Rolling Stone after the iconic magazine replaced its Drake cover at the last minute with a tribute cover to Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died of a heroin overdose on February 2nd. Drake criticized Rolling Stone in a series of tweets that were subsequently deleted, but Questlove voiced his support for Drizzy by taking Rolling Stone to task on his own Twitter page.

Everybody loves Questlove. People of all ages, races, and creeds seem to love the guy for his style, openness and genuine persona. But even he, as social media savvy and hip as he is, can slip up. For example, right now, the acclaimed drummer of The Roots is on tour with the band in Japan.…

It’s very easy for things to get misinterpreted on social media, as The Roots drummer/producer Questlove discovered this week. Questo sent out a tweet that got hip-hop fans’ hearts a-fluttering when he “revealed” that beloved North Carolina hip-hop act Little Brother would be reuniting for a new project.

A3C Festival ‘Best Block Party Ever’ photos Questlove was just one of many DJs to grace the stage Sunday at the A3C Hip-Hop Festival’s “Best Block Party Ever” celebration. While damp with rain, partygoers enjoyed sounds from DJ Maseo of De La Soul, DJ Premier, Young Guru, Diamond D and DJ Scratch in Atlanta’s Old Fourth…

On the “A” w/Souleo: At this year’s 17th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, presented by BET Networks, numerous attendees were seeking the funk. One of the event’s most anticipated films, Finding the Funk was screened and brought out stars including George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic, Nona Hendryx, Melvin Van Peebles and Questlove. With the project author, filmmaker and producer, Nelson…

The year of transcendent black directors and breakthrough films with black casts continues along with the 17th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival presented by BET Networks in New York. Actually, black directors are producing quality films every year. But a confluence of agreeable circumstances produced the meteoric successes of Lee Daniels The Butler, while Steve McQueen’s…

The 2013 Afropunk Festival took place this past weekend at Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park, and the sights and sounds of alternative, rock, electronica, hip-hop, fusion jazz and soul made for another stellar year of music and culture.

Avant garde musician and artist Yoko Ono is readying her new album, Take Me To the Land of Hell, for its September 17th release and the 80-year-old has a wide range of names appearing with her on the project. Alongside Ono and her Plastic Ono Band, there are tracks that feature Wilco guitarist Nels Cline,…

Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson is unquestionably one of hip-hop’s most silent omnipotent forces. As the drummer and band leader of The Roots, his words hold weight in the hip-hop community. Now, in his upcoming memoir, Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According To Questlove, which he co-wrote with novelist and New Yorker editor, Ben Greenman, ?uestlove offers his…

You probably scarcely recognize yourself, much less your friends and classmates, from your high school years, particularly if it’s been a decade or more. When you peer back nostalgically into the past, the photos make you smile, laugh and the memories squeeze your heart ever so tightly. It feels good reminiscing on your final days…

Last week’s big announcement that Jimmy Fallon former “SNL” star-turned-talk show host, will be taking over when Jay Leno departs The Tonight Show in 2014, fans were ecstatic to learn that the hip comedian will hopefully be bring a younger spin and demographic to the longest-running late night talk show on television. The big question on…

Scholar and icon Angela Davis re-enters the public consciousness this week. Will and Jada Pinkett Smith help us retrace this remarkable woman’s civil rights/black power journey in Free Angela Davis. One of the most memorable attributes of Davis (besides her bravery and obvious brilliance), was her ever-present Afro, which she continues to sport to this…

You normally hear your friends or someone in passing talking about their ‘side hustle.’ It’s not a term you would imagine a celebrity using. However, in the celebrity world, you could be on top today and at the bottom tomorrow. Check out which celebrities are getting their hustle on outside of Hollywood.

Hip hop artists that teach at the nation’s top colleges.

Hip hop and neo soul converged to create an electric night of music.

2012 was certainly a troublesome year for hip-hop’s omnipresent prince, Drake. The Young Money top dog found himself in beefs with everyone from Common to Future to, most notably, Chris Brown. But one beef was all Drake’s doing and that was his beef with Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa Bryant, whom he took a surprising jab…

An Ode To Questlove

While President Obama fends off Republican challenger Mitt Romney this election season, Russell Simmons and Questlove are going head to head. The two hip hop icons are trying to see who can raise the most money for Obama’s reelection campaign. So far it’s a route, but not in the way you think. Questlove, the Roots…