Grammy-Winning Roots Drummer Detained By DEA

?uestlove at one of his lucrative deejay gigs last fall

In the last couple years, Roots drummer Ahmir Thompson, otherwise known as ?uestlove, has become a sought-after deejay — a lucrative side gig for the Philly native. According to Thompson, the extra cash — and Louis Vuitton bag, knitted rastafarian hat, his band’s lack of coverage in hip-hop magazines and, yes, skin color — is what got him detained in the Buffalo airport by the Drug Enforcement Agency in what he called “the most humiliating hour of my life.”

Thompson then did what any air traveler does after a bad air travel experience in the JetBlue era — he blogged about it.