Questlove Gears Up for the 'Black Nerd Version of NPR'
New weekly show debuts Sept. 7 with special guest Maya Rudolph.
That’s how Questlove, a.k.a. Ahmir Johnson, describes the vision he has for Questlove Supreme, a new weekly three-hour music and interview program set to debut on streaming service Pandora Sept. 7, with Maya Rudolph as his first guest.
To frame today’s announcement, the beloved Tonight Show band leader spoke with New York Times reporter Ben Sisario. This all came about very organically:
Last fall, Questlove visited Pandora Media’s headquarters in Oakland, Calif., for what he assumed would be a perfunctory outreach meeting.
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