And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 781 boston steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, oh [ cheers and applause ] i feel the love i feel the love. Welcome to the tonight show, everybody. Youre here. You made it. [ cheers and applause ] youre looking good. Thank you. You guys, the holidays are in full swing. You guys in the spirit . Are you feeling the buzz here . [ cheers and applause ] in new york city . We are feeling the holiday buzz here in new york city. I read that i ready that people are buying home dna tests as holiday gifts. Thats the hot gift. [ light laughter ] home dna tests. Thats when you know thanksgiving went bad, when your loved ones buy you a test to see if youre actually related. [ laughter and applause ] theyre like, i just want to make sure. I didnt get that family vibe from you. Thats true. The one top selling gift this year is a takehome dna test. Yep, thats right. Its called maury the home game. And its great. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] steve heyoh jimmy youre the father steve maury. Jimmy this is pretty cool here. I saw that dmx just released a a cover of rudolph the rednosed reindeer. Did you hear this . [ light laughter ] this is unbelievable. Finally, my christmas wish. This is what i wanted. Dmx just released a cover of rudolph the rednosed reindeer. Can we hear some . Its pretty fun. Listen to it. You know dasher and dancer prancer and vixen comet and cupid and donner and blitzen but do you recall whats that the most famous reindeer of all come on rudolph the rednosed reindeer [ cheers and applause ] jimmy dmx thats great. Thats not the only thing dmx worked on for christmas. He actually did some work on a a new version of the classic cartoon, frosty the snowman. Check this out. Look, the hats back. Lets see if itll make frosty alive again. Yall gonna make me lose my mind up in here up in here yall going to make me go all out up in here up in here [ laughter ] jimmy i mean, thats what im talking about. Steve come on. [ light laughter ] jimmy a little Business News here. I read that the founder of chipotle is stepping down as ceo. [ audience aws ] and like everyone leaving chipotle he grabbed a thousand free napkins on the way out. [ laughter and applause ] thatll last me a month. Listen to this. New Research Says that a third of u. S. Workers could lose their jobs to automation by 2030. But it will swing back when the robots get fired for sexual harassment. [ laughter and applause ] [ robot voice ] what . I was just joking around. [ laughter ] and finally, i read that samsung has a new quickcharge battery, that can charge a dead phone to full battery in just 12 minutes. [ scattered cheers ] but its not a good sign when the instructions said, plug in and then stand way back. [ laughter and applause ] we have a great show tonight. Give it up for the roots, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, my gosh. Thats my jam. Questlove boogie nights. Jimmy boogie nights, man. Questlove yeah. Jimmy is that questlove heatwave. Jimmy heatwave does boogie nights. Questlove heatwave, yeah. Jimmy because i love like that. It goes how would you describe that genre of music . Is that jazz disco . Questlove its called boogie. [ light laughter ] post disco. Jimmy it is post disco. Questlove slowed down disco called boogie. Tariq they invented that genre. Jimmy any of you want to boogie . The boogie the boogie boogie nights anybody wanna boogie the boogie the boogie boogie nights jimmy yeah, thats it. But it starts out because its like and then it goes like aint no doubt we are here to party boogie nights come on now let me get it started dance with the boogie get down dance with the boogie get down cause boogie nights are always the best in town got to keep on dancing keep on dancing jimmy all right, boogie. Thats it right there. Boogie music. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. The roots. The roots right there, everybody. Give it up for the roots. [ cheers and applause ] i love that song. Heatwave thats a great jam. Guys, come back on monday. We have got keeganmichael key coming to the show. Steve whoa [ cheers and applause ] jimmy we have claire foy. [ cheers and applause ] and we are unveiling sports illustrateds 2 2017 sports person of the year. Steve ooh. Jimmy yeah. [ applause ] we are going to reveal the cover and talk to that athlete. Its a really cool theme to the cover this year. You dont want to miss that on monday. But first, we have a huge show tonight. She is the best. You can see her every week on the fox series star. Queen latifah is here tonight [ cheers and applause ] steve yeah love her. Jimmy i cant say enough great things about Queen Latifah. Steve no, shes a delight. Jimmy i love her so much. I love her family, i love everything. Plus, from the biggest show on tv. Oh my gosh, have you seen this yet . Steve love it. Jimmy its fantastic. The good doctor himself. Freddie highmore is stopping by [ cheers and applause ] the good doctor. Freddie highmore and we have great music tonight from sam smith, ladies and gentlemen [ cheers and applause ] last time when sam was on the show last time, i was saying, because i loved his last record. And i said, oh man, i love that song. Money on my mind money on my mind and he goes, i will never sing that song again. [ laughter ] i think he stopped singing it. Steve really . Because you sang that . Jimmy yeah. I think it reminded him what it might have sounded like. Maybe he didnt enjoy steve maybe he didnt think you sounded like jimmy what he did he goes, yeah, i dont know if i steve you were like a a mirror to him and he didnt like what he saw. [ light laughter ] money on my mind jimmy yeah. Well, i mean, yeah. We get mistaken for twins all the time. [ laughter ] [ english accent ] we have Freddie Highmore. Steve right. Jimmy we have sam smith. Steve right, and the queen. Jimmy and the queen. Hello. I mean, very [ cheers and applause ] very proper. Very proper tonight show tonight. Very proper, brilliant. [ light laughter ] guys, today is friday. Thats usually when i catch up on some personal stuff. You know, i just, i check my inbox, i send out some emails. Steve right. Jimmy and, of course, i write out my thank you notes and send those out too. [ cheers and applause ] would you guys mind . I thought if you guys wouldnt mind, id like to write out some thank you notes right now. Is that cool with you guys . [ cheers and applause ] thank you. James, can i get some thank you note writing music please . Oh, wow. Steve holiday spirit. Jimmy yeah, he has got the holiday buzz, man. Steve yeah, man. [ light laughter ] jimmy thats my man, ebenezer right here. Steve yeah. [ laughter ] wow [ cheers and applause ] there you go. Yeah jimmy neezy steve hes downed a few holiday spirits. Jimmy yeah, thats neezy. Thank you, Rockefeller CenterChristmas Tree lighting, for making people wait three hours in the cold to say, cool, lets go home. [ laughter and applause ] they plugged it in. It works. It works, all the lights work. Thank you, untangling christmas lights, for being what i trained for all year with my earbuds. [ cheers and applause ] steve something behind you. Jimmy i thought someone came out. [ laughter ] jimmy thank you, princess to be, Meghan Markle [ cheers ] for sounding like a drunk person trying to say magic marker. [ laughter and applause ] oh, megan markle. Gimme the Maggie Markle. Just gimme the Maggie Markle. Steve give it oh jimmy give me the Maggie Markles. Theyre all over the floor. You clean it up you did it [ light laughter ] you do it, you clean it up i dont have to pick up the Maggie Markle [ laughter ] argh [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you, coworker who puts up mistletoe, for basically saying, im trying to get fired before christmas. [ laughter and applause ] its like, yeah, you cant do that anymore. No more. Steve cant do it no more. Jimmy cant do that in the office no more. Steve its wrong. Jimmy no way no no. Thank you, inandout, for being the only restaurant name that tells me whats about to happen to my burger. [ laughter and applause ] steve oh number two burger in the country. [ laughter ] [ audience groans ] jimmy thank you, gift bags, for basically saying, sorry, i dont consider you wrap worthy. [ laughter and applause ] can i get the bag back, please . Thank you, ladles, for letting me know what would happen if the spoon hooked up with the saxophone. [ laughter and applause ] steve yeah. Mm, sax [ cheers and applause ] jimmy questlove [ cheers and applause ] questlove higgins jimmy oh, higgins, catch it. Oh. Steve james jimmy james. Oh, my gosh, it broke. Help me help me jimmy clear [ laughter ] [ drumroll ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] steve hot sax. Jimmy nothing like a little hot sax. Steve nothing. [ light laughter ] jimmy thank you, hot chocolate, for making regular chocolate feel super insecure about its appearance. [ laughter ] there you guys have it right there. Those are my thank you notes. Well be right back with Queen Latifah, everybody [ cheers and applause ] it all starts with a wish. The lincoln wish list event is here. Sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down and a complementary first months payment. You guys are doing such a good job can you pass me that tinsel . Ooh, i love that one. Seriously . A pink tree . Its not just pink, its millennial pink. Not seeing the vision. How about a little gold . How about, hmm, rose gold . Lets do it um, love [ cheers and applause ] jimmy our first guest is an Academy Award nominated actress and an emmy, golden globe, and grammy winner. You can see her in the fox series star which airs wednesdays at 9 00pm. Please welcome, our good friend, Queen Latifah. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, come on. They love ya, i love ya Queen Latifah hi. Jimmy welcome back to the show [ cheers and applause ] new york city loves ya. They love you, i know thats what im talking about. Jimmy now, you look fantastic. Theyre so funky over there today. Jimmy theyre great, right. The roots. Its like talking to ya like im Queen Latifah. [ laughter ] shes my favorite actress. Did i tell you i love you today . Jimmy no. I love you today, jimmy. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy aw, thank you for that. I love you, too. I love me some jimmy. Jimmy i love ya too. Last time you were here making a mess. Jimmy last time you were here, we were talking about girls trip. And we were like, oh, we gotta show the clip. And it was like great. It went on to be like a a crusher i think it made like 140 million. Congratulations pal. [ cheers and applause ] thats how you do it. Man, im trying to tell you. Jimmy and its such a funny movie. It was so great. But then you told me, you said, you know, do you know Tiffany Haddish . Yeah. Jimmy and i go, i dont know her. You said, watch. Watch that star rise. I was like watch her, because she is about to blow up. And now, you know who she is. Jimmy shes fantastic. Im like yall saw girls trip right . Jimmy yeah. [ cheers and applause ] Tiffany Haddish. Jimmy now, i like i i started her. Im like, oh, yeah. [ talking over each other ] yeah she had a book coming out in a couple days too. Jimmy whats that . She has a book coming out, so check it out. Jimmy ah, she is but you called it i did on everything. Jimmy you called it on that one. Congrats on star, speaking of stars. Thank you. Jimmy on fox. Theres a rumor that i heard about, someone playing your mom . Is this can i say it . I think so. [ light laughter ] jimmy am i allowed to . I wont tell. Jimmy Patti Labelle . Patti labelle. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy how cool is that i love dude, i love stuff like that. In any good cameo, im a fan of. Let me tell you something, i love Patti Labelle. Have for many, many, many years. Shes like, one of my god mothers in this business, since i was a teenager practically. Jimmy yeah. But you know what this means, right . Jimmy no. I got the patti pie hookup what [ cheers and applause ] thats how patti pie jimmy patti pie is that really . Im saying that, thats how patti comes on set, patti pies, patti pie. I mean, she gave me patti pie sweet potato, and peach cobbler, and cherry cobbler with Something Else in it. Like cherry rhubarb or some craziness. Jimmy really . These things dont fight fair, let me just tell you. [ laughter ] im like [ light laughter ] jimmy yeah, some pillsbury doughboy. [ talking over each other ] you brought them that one year . Yeah. Jimmy i was like, oh, my gosh. Yeah but that patti peach cobbler . Jimmy really . Havent done that. Oh, my gosh. Jimmy patti, i love her so much. Shes so dope. On my own i know. [ laughter ] im working with the woman jimmy yeah. [ light laughter ] i love i used to listen to her all the time. Patti labelle. I just like, look at her sometimes, and shell just smile. Shell sing a little note, and im like, oh, my god. Thats patti. And then my sister is played by brandy. Jimmy no so i got brandy [ cheers and applause ] and patti. Jimmy how fun . And its just like music everywhere. Its just constant music. Jimmy do you remember your first time on tv acting . Yeah. I do. [ light laughter ] i wasnt that good, so i played on will gave me my first job. Thank god, bless you, will smith. Gave me my first tv job. Jimmy right. Let me come on his show, fresh prince of belair. [ talking over each other ] yeah. Jimmy thats you there. [ cheers and applause ] oh, my god, it was so hard. Jimmy really . cause i had to play this mean boss. And im like, that wasnt me. Im like, ive got to act, and try to be mean to this girl and the and all this stuff . And then i broke my toe that week. [ audience ohs ] i come to shoot the show, run into the bathroom in the hotel, bam, hit it on the table and broke it. So im like, on crutches and i gotta go on tv. And they had to reblock i was sitting a lot, and then standing in one place, because i couldnt put any weight on my foot. It was terrible. Jimmy so, youre like, leaning but maybe use it for your anger, for your character. I tried to. Jimmy but then you came back to the show, but as a a different character. Totally different character. And i loved that one. My foot wasnt broke on that one. Jimmy season two, you were like a Love Interest for will. Yes. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy and now is it a a different story . I think he shut that down. cause it was like cause originally, i think we were supposed to kiss in that scene, he was like, i cant kiss my sister. [ light laughter ] and thats i mean, we had toured so much. It was like, would have been like kissing my brother. [ light laughter ] jimmy is that right . Really, because you knew, well i mean i knew will, because we all toured. You know, we were all out there as young rappers and he would headline shows with like heavy d and we were just these young rappers on their big tour. You know, but still, we spent months at a time together on the road. So, were all kind of around the same age. We grew up out there. So when he got on he helped us out. Jimmy but didnt when did you start your management, flavor unit . We started flavor unit in 1991. Jimmy yeah, im told that you well, actually, it was like 90. I was 20yearsold. Jimmy wow, you started your own Management Company. What what made you how did you know about management . Well, my partner shy and i, we were in the same crew, the flavor unit. And you know, we just kind of felt like we could do it ourselves. He would say, come one, we can do this. Im like, we can . Okay, lets give it a try. So we decided to open up a a Management Company to manage me, cause i didnt really want to be managed by anyone else. And i met with all the top managers, but we felt like we could do it on our own. And then, once i started once we managed me, then all my boys had these contracts, apache, latee, lakim. Everybody had these contracts, and they were terrible contracts. So our next mission was to get all of our homeboys out of these bad contracts, which we did and we wound up managing our whole crew. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy love that you did that. Yeah. Jimmy heres you with your mom. Sorry, look at that. [ light laughter ] on the phone all business. I was so young my mom worked in my office. [ laughter ] jimmy isnt that great . You have mom working yeah, mom was there from the beginning. Jimmy and hows hows pops . Hows dad . Come on, you know pops is good. Jimmy i love him so much. I bothered her dad so much on the set of taxi. I would go up to him every single day like, what other stories you have for a a retired cop, but he has got some stories. But hes here tonight. Yes, we brought dad to you. Jimmy so, i want him to come out and lets tell some stories. Oh, my god. Jimmy is that cool . [ cheers and applause ] this is so crazy. Jimmy all right, Queen LatifahQueen Latifahs dad is going to be here, after the break. My daddys here. Jimmy stick around. Im freaking out. Dude, he was so good. [ cheers and applause ] im not sure why i even wrapped it. Its the thing from the link you sent me. Dont shop like everybody else, shop ebay by interest and find a gift that gets them. Shop ebay by interest wheres your iphone season spirit . 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