Ahmir K. Thompson, known professionally as
Questlove, is an American musician, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. He is the drummer and joint frontman for the hip hop band the Roots. The Roots have been serving as the in-house band for
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since 2014, after having fulfilled the same role on
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Questlove is also one of the producers of the cast album of the Broadway musical
Hamilton. He is the co-founder of the websites Okayplayer and OkayAfrica. Additionally, he is an adjunct professor at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University.