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Questlove

Drummer, DJ, producer, culinary entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling 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. 

Few epitomized 1970s cool like Richard Roundtree in Shaft.

‘Shaft,’ ‘Super Fly’ and the Birth of Blaxploitation

In this excerpt from ‘Music Is History,’ the drummer for the Roots and all-around music ambassador looks at a year when everything changed