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American music journalist, drummer, record producer and disc jockey Questlove has an estimated net worth of $16 million. He is best recognized as the joint frontman and drummer of The Roots. This Grammy award-winning band is currently seen on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

As a producer, Questlove has collaborated with artists like Jill Scott, Common, Jay-Z, Bilal, D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Nikka Costa, John Legend, Al Green, and Amy Winehouse. He is also a part of the production teams like The Randy Watson Experience, The Grand Wizzards, the Soulquarians, and The Soultronics.

As an actor, Questlove has appeared on Spike Lee’s Bamboozled, as well as on Brooklyn Babylon, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Before the Music Dies, and Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest.

Popular as Questlove, Ahmir Khalib Thomson was born on January 20, 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Earnings & Financial Data

Date	Category	Description	Amount
2019	Asset	Estimated value of Questlove's website questlove.com	$10,200
2016	Box Office Sales	Box office sales of the movie Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping as himself	$9,640,000
2014	Box Office Sales	Worldwide box office sales of the movie Top Five as the film's executive music producer and composer	$26,120,000
2014	Record Sales	Record sales of the album ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin with American R&B recording artist John Legend and hip hop band The Roots (approximately 25,642 copies sold)	$33,330
2013	Record Sales	Record sales of the collaborative studio album Wise Up Ghost with Elvis Costello and The Roots (approximately 25 thousand copies sold)	$32,500
2013	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Wake Up! with American R&B recording artist John Legend and hip hop band The Roots (approximately 273 thousand copies sold)	$353,600
2013	Salary	Annual salary as an American music journalist, disc jockey, and drummer for the year 2013	$6,000,000
2013	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Things Fall Apart with the American hip hop band The Roots (approximately 1.1 million copies sold)	$1,430,000
2011	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Undun with the American hip hop band The Roots (approximately 112 thousand sold)	$145,600
2010	Record Sales	Record sales of the album How I Got Over with the American hip hop band The Roots (approximately 151 thousand sold)	$196,300
2008	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Rising Down with the American hip hop band The Roots (approximately 171 thousand sold)	$222,300
2006	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Game Theory with the American hip hop band The Roots (approximately 200 thousand sold)	$260,000
2005	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Extraordinary Machine with American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple (approximately 1 million copies sold)	$1,300,000
2005	Box Office Sales	Worldwide box office sales of the movie Dave Chappelle's Block Party as a performer in a barber shop	$12,100,000
2005	Box Office Sales	Worldwide box office sales of the movie The Longest Yard as himself	$190,320,000
2005	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Like Water for Chocolate with American hip hop rapper Common (approximately 748 thousand copies sold)	$972,400
2004	Box Office Sales	Box office sales of the movie Fade to Black as himself	$742,080
2004	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Tipping Point with the American hip hop band The Roots (approximately 400 thousand sold)	$520,000
2004	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Fly or Die with the American rap rock band NER*D (approximately 500 thousand copies sold)	$650,000
2003	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Heavier Things with American musician John Mayer (approximately 2.62 million copies sold)	$3,410,000
2002	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Electric Circus with Common (approximately 300 thousand copies sold)	$390,000
2002	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Phrenology with the American hip hop band The Roots (approximately 560 thousand sold)	$728,000
2002	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Stripped with the contribution of the song "Loving Me 4 Me" (approximately 8,048,100 copies sold)	$10,460,000
2001	Record Sales	Record sales of the album 1st Born Second with American neo soul musician Bilal (approximately 500 thousand copies sold)	$650,000
2000	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Mama's Gun with American neo soul singer Erykah Badu (approximately 1.11 million copies sold)	$1,440,000
2000	Record Sales	Worldwide box office sales of the movie Bamboozled as part of The Roots	$2,460,000
2000	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Fantastic, Vol. 2 with Slum Village (approximately 500 thousand copies sold)	$650,000
2000	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Voodoo with American neo soul singer and multi-instrumentalist D'Angelo (approximately 1 million copies sold)	$1,300,000
1994	Record Sales	Record sales of the album Do You Want More?!!!??! with the American hip hop band The Roots (approximately 500 thousand copies sold)	$650,000