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Questlove Owns 200,000 Records

Questlove has more than 200,000 records in his collection.The musician has been accumulating vinyl for years and his hobby has stepped up recently because so many radio stations are using digitised playlists and getting rid...

Sly Stone Too Ill To Ever Make Music Again

Sly Stone has admitted he may never make music again because he's too ill.The 80-year-old musician is battling a number of serious health issues including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hearing problems as well as...

Jay-z 'Haunted' By Second Album

Jay-Z's second album "haunts" him.The '99 Problems' hitmaker released 'In My Lifetime, Vol 1’ in 1997, with the record going to number three on the Billboard 200 chart in the US but he admitted he...

The Roots Bassist Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard Dies Aged 62

Leonard 'Hub' Hubbard has died at the age of 62.The late musician - who played bass for The Roots from 1992 to 2007 - has passed away after a battle with multiple myeloma, which is...

Kanye West Makes Live Return

Kanye West has performed live for the first time since March 2020.The 44-year-old rapper donned a creepy mask and clothes from Balenciaga as he took to the stage at the wedding reception of D’Estree founder...

Questlove Denies Racial Discrimination Against White 'Tonight Show' Employees

Questlove has found himself embroiled in a racial discrimination lawsuit after two former employees of 'The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon' accused him of deliberately getting them fired because they are white. He has since...

Something In The Air? Phil Collins Performs With Questlove On 'Jimmy Fallon'

Is there a more cool collaboration anywhere than Phil Collins and the Roots? Didn't think so. The former Genesis singer and drummer teamed his band with Questlove and company for a stunning rendition of his...

The Roots Pull Out Of David Bowie Shows After Equipment Dispute

Questlove of The Roots has insisted that the band will no longer be performing at the upcoming major David Bowie tribute concerts this week, which will be held at Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music...

Questlove Writing Good Food Book

The drummer and author's Something to Food About: Exploring Creativity with America's Most Innovative Chefs will chronicle his favourite places to eat and the cooks who run the kitchens. Announcing the news...

Hip-hop Stars Remember Slain Teen Michael Brown On The First Anniversary Of His Death

Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri a year ago (09Aug14) after he was caught up in a store robbery investigation. Violence erupted on the streets of the town and...

Questlove Grows Emotional During Amy Winehouse Documentary Screening

The Roots drummer explains he has not listened to Winehouse's music since her passing in 2011 and seeing her onscreen was too much to handle, prompting him to temporarily leave the screening....

Questlove Escapes Huge Highway Accident In Atlanta

The Roots drummer and bandleader was driving along a highway when a large road sign fell and hit the tarmac, causing drivers to hit the brakes and swerve to avoid crashing into other...

Tegan And Sara, Questlove And Andy Samberg Revive Oscars With "Everything Is Awesome" Performance

The Lego Movie may not have made it onto the nominees list, but it did make it into the Oscars ceremony and that’s good enough. What better way to revive a stuffy, vaguely morose awards...

Questlove Is Kings Of Leon's New Drummer (Sort Of)

Kings of Leon have been forced to axe nine concerts following a tour bus crash in Boston, Massachusetts, but they duly honoured their booking on the Jimmy Fallon show Tuesday night (August 12, 2014). Following...

Red Bull Music Academy Festival Set For Ultimate Closing Party In New York

Firstly, we recognise that reporting on a mixture of New York parties, eclectic performances and signature lectures from prominent music movers and shakers could seem, well, immaterial. Let's face it, Gotham is one long eclectic...

The Best Tributes To House Music 'Father' Frankie Knuckles

Tributes have been pouring in for Frankie Knuckles, the pioneer of house music who died on Monday night (March 31) aged 59. Knuckles relocated to Chicago from New York City in the 1970s, delighting audiences...

Questlove To Make Cameo On Law & Order: Svu

Actress Mariska Hargitay has helped make hip-hop drummer Questlove's dreams come true by casting him as a victim on her hit crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.The Roots star recently revealed it would...

Chuck D And Dj Lord To Headline Afropunk Fest 2013

Afropunk Fest is set to return to Brooklyn this year with a killer line-up celebrating the best of African Punk in recent history.The festival will take place at Commodore Barry Park from August 24th -...

'A Band Called Death' Follows Detroit Brothers Making 'White Boy Music' [Trailer]

'A Band Called Death,' the Audience Award Winner at this year's SXSW Festival, is set to hit movie theaters in the U.S. on June 8, 2013. The documentary follows the story of Detroit brothers Bobby...

Justin Timberlake To Release Second Album In 2013?

Justin Timberlake may release a follow up to 'The 20/20 Experience' later this year. The 'Pusher Love Girl' star released his first album for almost seven years today (18.03.13), but The Roots' drummer Questlove claims...

Sxsw: Justin Timberlake Plays Least Secretive Secret Show, Ever

Justin Timberlake closed the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, on Sunday (March 17, 2013) with one of the worst kept secrets...probably in the history of live music. The South by Southwest Festival does throw up...

Top 10 Celebrity Weddings Of 2012: From Nutty Nuptials To Classy Ceremonies

There must have been something in the air this year because we literally had too many celebrity weddings to choose from for this list (sorry Alec Baldwin, you can stop reading now, you got bumped),...

Video: Mariah Carey Performs Neo-soul Rendition Of 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'

Ok, so it wasn't quite neo-soul, but it did feature Questlove and The Roots as the backing band. Mariah Carey stopped by the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this week and was roped into performing...

What Did Dj Questlove Play At Justin Timberlake’S Wedding?

We’re not interested in what Jessica Biel wore at her wedding to Justin Timberlake. Forget the cake, who cares about the bridesmaids dresses? and does anyone really want to know who made the guestlist? No,...

Call Me Professor Questlove… The Roots’ Drummer To Teach At Nyu

We all know Questlove, right? The drummer for The Roots, a high profile musician in his own right and Amber Tamblyn’s amateur wedding photographer? Well, you can all call him Professor Questlove now because he’s...

Amber Tamblyn's Dress Steals The Day At Her Wedding To David Cross

Amber Tamblyn's dress was the real star of the show as the American actress and poet tied the knot with comedian and actor David Cross at a wonderful looking ceremony at the weekend. There was...

Amber Tamblyn And David Cross: Was It The Coolest Celebrity Wedding Ever?

Amber Tamblyn and David Cross' wedding may well be up there with the coolest celebrity nuptials ever after details of their big day surfaced online. We say 'details', we were actually treated to an Instagram...

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