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The Roots are an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by singer Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The Roots serve as the house band on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, having served in the same role on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon from 2009 to 2014.
James Jason Poyser (born January 30, 1967) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He has been a member of the hip hop band The Roots since 2009, and plays with The Roots in the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and formerly, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Nick Valensi sits in with The Roots; Tonight Show Audience Suggestion Box (Hashtag the Panda makes an appearance, The Bachelor with British accents, Nick Offerman reads a poem, Hot Dad provides lyrics to the opening theme, Nellie "Tiger" Travis performed "Slap Your Weave Off"); Tonight Show Ramen Challenge (James McAvoy); Kings of Leon performed "Reverend"
The Roots have been 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 2015 cast album of the Broadway musical Hamilton. He has also co-founded of the websites Okayplayer and OkayAfrica. [2]
Two cameramen who were fired from "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" last summer have filed a $2 million lawsuit alleging that The Roots bandleader Questlove had them fired in part because ...
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show that airs weeknights at 11:35 pm Eastern/10:35 pm Central on NBC in the United States. [1] The hour-long show has aired since February 17, 2014 and is hosted by actor, comedian and performer Jimmy Fallon, an alumnus of Saturday Night Live.
This is one news story that Jimmy Fallon probably won't turn into a monologue joke. The Roots are facing a lawsuit from ex-member Frank 'Knuckles' Walker, who was removed from the band in May ...
What time is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on tonight? The NBC Christmas special will air in an extended format tonight at 8 p.m. ET. Will Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer be on Peacock?