<Ul> <Li> The Roots </Li> <Li> Soulquarians </Li> <Li> J Dilla </Li> <Li> D'Angelo </Li> <Li> The Philadelphia Experiment </Li> <Li> John Mayer </Li> <Li> Erykah Badu </Li> <Li> Christian McBride </Li> </Ul> <Li> The Philadelphia Experiment </Li> <P> Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born January 20, 1971), known professionally as Questlove (stylized as? uestlove), is an American percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, music journalist, record producer, and occasional actor . He is best known as the drummer and joint frontman (with Black Thought) for the Grammy Award - winning band The Roots . The Roots have been serving as the in - house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon since February 17, 2014, continuing the role they served during the entire run of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . He is also one of the producers of the Broadway musical Hamilton . He is the cofounder of Okayplayer and Okayafrica . Additionally, he is an adjunct instructor at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University . </P> <P> He has produced recordings for artists including Elvis Costello, Common, D'Angelo, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Jay - Z, Nikka Costa, and more recently, Al Green, Amy Winehouse, and John Legend . He is a member of the production teams the Soulquarians, The Randy Watson Experience, The Soultronics, The Beat Biters (with producers Just Blaze and 9th Wonder), The Grand Negaz, and The Grand Wizzards . </P>

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