After more than 30 years out of the spotlight — and another 10 in which his personal and legal troubles sadly dominated more headlines than his music — Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s ...

By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic In Sly Lives! Questlove sets out to understand the tensions faced by Black geniuses, artists who always seem ahead of the curve and whose talents defy ...

PARK CITY, Utah -- Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson directed the Onyx Collective documentary which tells the story of the groundbreaking band Sly & The Family Stone's rise to fame, their unfortunate ...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is interrogating the burden that comes with Black fame, and he's reflecting on his eventful 2022 Oscar win to do it. The montage, which puts a photographic black strip ...

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Questlove's second documentary levels up from ... became the rock star of his moment, smashing through boundaries of sound and image, scaling the peak of a new kind of Black fame, to the point ...

Questlove said his upcoming documentary “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” serves as an “intervention cry” to the music community and a “letter to all” who are watching, as the documentary ...

The architect behind “Ladies & Gentlemen” is Roots drummer and music aficionado Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who co-directed the special with Oz Rodriguez, an "SNL" producer from seasons 38 ...

The infamous Slap, an example of "multiple sabotagings happening at once," per Questlove, was an example of many of the ideas presented in his new film about the pressure Black artists are under.