How Jimmy Fallon Got the Roots & Questlove As His House Band

Unlike mid-run switch V Late Show The Roots have served faithfully as Jimmy Fallon's house band since he began hosting. Late night in 2009. Questlove, Black Thought, cutie who trying to keep a straight face performing the thank you note music while the rest of the Roots crew remained steadfast (and stupid) Fallon's presence in the world since then, including promotion to Evening show in 2014. Although the pairing of the host and the band may have seemed strange to viewers at first, Black Thought, who, along with Questlove – said Rolling Stone in the new interview how Fallon targeted only them. “Man, the way we set up for the show, Jimmy has always been a big music fan,” he explained. “He's a big, huge Beastie Boys fan. They were the first band to take the Roots on tour. We learned the ropes from them.”

Fallon began his persistent efforts about a year before the show debuted, as Lorne Michaels cast him in the role with a long lead time. “Jimmy came up and said, 'I'm thinking about doing Late night show and I need a band. Would you guys be interested in doing this?” – recalls Black Thought. “We thought it was nonsense until he started coming to us.” Even if it meant an accidental tour stop, Fallon would have materialized. “We'd go to a concert and he'd be in our dressing room and say, 'Hey, hey, what's up?' I took what we talked about seriously.” He was dedicated to his work,” added Black Thought. This was around the time we had just finished working on The Dave Chappelle Show. There was so much uncertainty at the time that it was nice to have a steady job. But we didn’t want it to mean the end of Roots.” Redman, who was also interviewed by the magazine Rolling Stone feature, considered the group's hiring a victory for both hip-hop and “our culture.” If they were Also allowed to ask inappropriate question at the end of each performance.