Questlove

Erykah also plays Pitchfork Festival, ACL Fest, H.E.R.’s Lights On Festival, and more…

SummerStage returns for its 2021 season in June with free shows and ticketed benefit shows in Central Park, Marcus Garvey Park, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, and The Coney Island Amphitheate

”I know Dave wanted to come back to New York and put the spotlight on live shows and say comedy is back,” The Stand’s owner, Paolo Italia, said.

The second episode of Dave Chappelle, Yasiin Bey, and Talib Kweli’s new podcast includes a new song from Black Star, their first in over 20 years.

Trent Reznor and H.E.R. both picked up statues, Glenn Close did “Da Butt,” and more highlights from this year’s Oscars.

Ludacris, Questlove, Talib Kweli, Noname, Q-Tip, Fat Joe, Method Man, Havoc of Mobb Deep, Burna Boy, Ice-T, slowthai, Lil Durk, Masta Ace, Open Mike Eagle, Bootsy Collins, Juicy J, Kaytranada, Nothing, Speedy Ortiz, Fucked Up, and more pay tribute to the late legend.

He’s also curating a weekly show on a new Twitch streaming channel, BlackStream Live.

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s directorial debut, documentary Summer of Soul, recently won two awards at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, and now he’s announced his second film will be about Sly & The Family Stone…

Featuring footage of Stevie Wonder, Sly & The Family Stone, Nina Simone, Mavis Staples and more, ‘Summer of Soul‘ is a joyous document of an important musical event that was almost lost to time.

”This is hard because music attracts me first before the rhyme,” Questlove wrote in response to author/jouranlist Shea Serrano posing the question on Twitter. ”But some rappers caught me first…”