The legendary roots crew. Questlove 639, saskatchewan yeah steve and now, here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause ] jimmy aha hey welcome, everybody welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome welcome to the tonight show. This is it, baby [ cheers and applause ] this is it, baby brother i love you, jimmy jimmy love you too, sir. Im your host, jimmy fallon. You guys, we have ice cube on the show tonight [ cheers and applause ] we also have Rachel Maddow on the show tonight [ cheers and applause ] hot show. Hot show. Of course, rachels in the news because she got a hold of Donald Trumps 2005 tax return on her show. A lot of people were saying, though, it didnt really show much. [ light laughter ] so, i guess last night people had to pick between watching this is us or this is nothing. [ cheers and applause ] well talk to her about that. But get this, the tax return apparently had a client copy stamp on it. Many think it came from someone very close to trump. [ audience oohs ] and melania said, well, i guess im off the hook. [ applause ] i mean, i havent seen him. I havent talked to him since january. Tell him i said hi. But at first, some people were skeptical about whether trumps tax form was real or not. But we took a look at the details. It definitely seemed like trump filed it. For example, for dependents, he wrote, ivanka, don, jr. , and whats her name. [ laughter and applause ] steve wow. Jimmy that seemed then for taxexempt interest, he wrote, im very interested in being tax exempt. [ laughter and applause ] thats not the question. And finally, for lines 36, 24, and 38, he just circled the numbers and wrote, perfect measurements. [ laughter and applause ] it seems real. Steve it sounds like him. Jimmy seems pretty real. David cay johnston had a lot to say when he was interviewed by Rachel Maddow. I noticed there was one point he showed a pretty interesting laugh. Check this out. Russians who are around putin and would be borrowing money from beijing . Mmhmm. [ laughs nervously ] [ laughter ] jimmy im not sure if that was a laugh or a sneeze that didnt happen. [ applause ] steve achoo [ light laughter ] jimmy meanwhile, the white house is also criticizing Rachel Maddow saying its totally illegal to steal and publish tax returns. Yep. They said the document was released the proper way, by having a russian hacker give them to wikileaks. [ cheers and applause ] thats how you do it. Thats how you get them released. It seems like these leaks have everyone in washington worried. In fact, a white house aide says that when he gets home, he turns off his work phone and puts it in a drawer because hes afraid it could listen to him. [ light laughter ] meanwhile, when she gets home, Kellyanne Conway hides her microwave in the closet. [ laughter and applause ] shes like, i dont want anything to do with that thing. Hot pocket first, then im unplugging it, putting it in the closet. [ laughter ] lets get to some sports news. I saw that the new york jets tried to get free agent Donta Hightower over the weekend by giving him cupcakes and wishing him a happy birthday on every tv in the building. Hightower says it was nice, but it only counts if they say it on facebook. And we already know that, right . [ applause ] you know that. Come on. Listen to this. I read that russia may have trouble getting athletes to compete in the 2018 olympics after the big doping scandal. People were confused. They were like, wait. You can rig an election but not a urine test . [ cheers and applause ] wait, what whats the rules . Steve what . Jimmy how does that and finally, this is kind of nice. I saw that the cast of jersey shore reunited in here new york the other day. [ cheers and applause ] steve wow. Jimmy i guess it what happened when times square elmo and times square cookie monster took their heads off, and they were like, snooki . The situation . Hi how are you . Hey, we have a great show tonight [ cheers and applause ] give it up for the roots [ cheers and applause ] jimmy oh, thank you very much, roots. Whats up, higgins . Guys, we have a fantastic show tonight. We love this guy. Ice cube is in the house [ cheers and applause ] steve oh, come on. Jimmy hes got some new products to talk about. New shows, new everything. Plus she is the host of the Rachel Maddow show on msnbc, Rachel Maddow is here steve yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy fun show tonight. And we have great new music from khalid, everybody. This is good [ cheers and applause ] this kids good khalid, this is the kid. Hes very young. Isnt he, like, 19 or Something Like that . Steve yeah. Jimmy he put something on soundcloud or something. Is this the true story, or did i make this up . Steve yeah, its true. Jimmy he put like a song on soundcloud. Hes just a high school kid. Hes like, oh, well, i was doing the song. And he does this. No, he doesnt sound like that. [ light laughter ] and then, he puts it soundcloud, and it just takes off. And he hears it on the radio. Steve aww. Jimmy and he is a high school kid. And then, this thing just started, just getting bigger and bigger. Now he is going to play with the roots tonight on the tonight show. [ cheers and applause ] thats what its all about kids good, man. I love stories like that. Guys, you know were always striving to get better here at the tonight show. Harder better faster stronger [ cheers and applause ] so before every show we put out a suggestion box for the audience, just to get some feedback about what you guys think of the show, things you like to see us do, that kind of stuff. So tonight, lets look inside the audience suggestion box. Audience suggestion box [ applause ] jimmy very entertaining show we have tonight. Steve delightful. Jimmy very entertaining. Super fun. Seriously, youve never seen a a show like this on television. Steve ever. Jimmy this is it tonight. Steve this is it. Jimmy youre here. Youre at the right show, you guys. [ cheers and applause ] the box. Steve as well know from the suggestions. Jimmy yeah. They have some suggestions for us. Why not . This ones from molly henderson. She said, hey, jimmy. Now that the bachelor is over, i just cant stop thinking about how much corinne is like donald trump. Shes blonde, shes brash, and people seem to either love her or hate her. Is there any way you could somehow combine trump and corinne . A lot of people have been saying how similar they are. So heres a clip of some of corinnes best moments revoiced by donald trump. Check it out. Michael jordan took naps, Abraham Lincoln took naps, and im in trouble for napping. My heart is gold, but my vagine is platinum. [ laughter ] make America Corrine again. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats not bad. [ cheers and applause ] this is from tyler davis. Hey, jimmy, i heard it cost millions of dollars to play led zeppelin on the air. Is there anything you can do about that . That is true. With publishing, its very, very expensive. Its an incredible amount of money to play one of their songs. So, heres what we did here. [ light laughter ] we took a vinyl copy of led zeppelin iv, and we melted it down a little bit. Sorry, questlove. [ light laughter ] its warped enough sorry, quest, but, warped enough to play without any legal troubles. So, here we go. Can i get a drum roll . [ drum roll ] [ cheers ] steve oh, wow. There you go. Jimmy the audience actually [ cheers ] thats never happened, neither. Thats never happened ever. Hey [ cheers ] i love you guys thats awesome ive never heard of that ever. No, dont leave. Dont leave. Dont leave. Boy, that was great. All right. Here we go. For the first time ever, on television, stairway to heaven by led zeppelin. [ distorted vinyl ] [ cheers ] [ distorted vinyl ] [ laughter ] still pretty good. Thats how good the band is. Totally melt the record in half, and it still sounds good. This one here is from buddy jacob. It says, hey, jimmy. Do you think i could see a drum solo played using squeaky dog toys . Well, there is actually an amazing jazz drummer here in new york city who ive seen do this pretty awesome. Hes actually here tonight. So now, to play a drum solo with squeaky dog toys, please welcome tommy campbell, everybody [ cheers and applause ] Tommy Tommy Tommy campbell, whenever youre ready, please, take it away. [ dog toys squeaking ] [ cheers ] [ cheers ] [ dog toys squeaking ] [ audience clapping ] [ dog toys squeaking ] [ barking ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats what im talking about come on, now i love it. Thank you, buddy. Thank you, thank you. Tommy campbell, right now, everybody. Tommy campbell, everybody [ cheers and applause ] you dont see that, at all. Steve come on jimmy you never see that. That guys amazing. Steve you dont see that. Jimmy no, you dont see that. Steve where else do you see that . Jimmy you dont see that anywhere else. Steve come on jimmy this from mary kate rooney. She says, hey, jimmy. March madness just started. You guys, march madness. You know that . [ cheers ] i need some help filling out my brackets. The only person i really trust is shaquille oneal. Can you help me . I know what might help. Shaq actually just released a a video of him filling out his march madness bracket. Im not sure how helpful it is, but you be the judge. Check it out. Im shaq. Heres my bracket. This is shaq bracket. The shaqet. [ laughter ] lets fill it out. Wisconsin versus virginia tech. Wisconsin cheese. I love cheese. Cheddar, nothing better. Havarti, a party. Monterey jack, monterey shaq, wisconsin wins. [ cheers ] duke versus troy. That sounds like a fight between two skinny white dudes. Whats troy . Thats not a college. Who goes to troy . No one goes to troy. Duke wins. [ laughter ] princeton versus notre dame. I like notre dame. They got that hunchback. Hunchback reminds me of lunch, shaq. Shaqs got to eat lunch. Notre dame wins. [ cheers ] Florida State versus florida gulf coast. I wonder who wins . I bet it is florida. Ha ha ha. Just kidding. Theyre both florida. Shaq joke. Arizona versus north dakota. I like dakota fanning. Shes versatile and charming. North dakota wins. Kansas versus n. C. Central. Kansas, wizard of oz. I love wizard of oz. Scarecrow, tin man, lion. Toto the dog. Kansas wins. [ cheers ] purdue versus vermont. Vermonts got ben jerrys. I love cherry garcia. It makes me laugh, and it satisfies my appetite. Vermont wins. Butler versus winthrop. What kind of names is that . That sounds too british to be basketball. Both teams lose. [ light laughter ] this is taking too long. Lets skip to the end. Louisiana state wins. Thats where i went to school. Im shaq. Jimmy there you go. Theres im shaq. [ cheers and applause ] shaq called it. Im shaq. Next ones from tim ramos. Hey, jimmy, i love that famous announcing guy who says, lets get ready to rumble. do you think you could have him on the show . Of course. Hes great. His name is Michael Buffer and whenever he says his catchphrase, he calls it buffering. Steve ooh. Jimmy yeah. So here now to demonstrate buffering, please welcome the one and only Michael Buffer, ladies and gentlemen [ cheers and applause ] whenever you are ready, michael. Ladies and gentlemen, lets get ready to r [ laughter and applause ] umble jimmy there you go [ cheers and applause ] Michael Buffering good to see you, buddy. Michael buffer right there Michael Buffering [ cheers and applause ] Michael Buffering. Oh, gosh. Thats the best. Oh, man. Steve where else do you see that . Jimmy where else . Im shaq. [ light laughter ] this is from liz holmes. Hi, jimmy. I love electronic music. I also love when al roker says, heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. any chance you could turn that into a techno song for me . Its a weird question, but we actually already did. [ light laughter ] heres techno remix of al roker saying his classic catchphrase. Take a look. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods heres whats happening in your neck of the woods heres whats happening heres whats happening heres whats heres whats happening heres heres heres heres whats happening heres whats happening heres whats heres whats heres whats happening in your neck of the woods jimmy yeah [ cheers and applause ] steve come on lets just keep going jimmy thats fantastic. This last one right here, everybody, this is from spencer westcott. It says, hey, jimmy. Ive been feeling a little bit down. Only thing that seems to make me feel better is listening to an old nwa albums. Is there anything else i can do . Im glad you asked because we here at the tonight show are all about making people feel good. So here to deliver a a selfesteemboosting positive affirmations, please welcome one of the founding members of nwa, ice cube [ drum roll ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] jimmy cube cube whenever youre ready, ice cube. You are unique. You are valued by your peers and coworkers. You are highly motivated and on the path towards greatness. [ cheers ] your ambition allows you to conquer obstacles with ease. In other words, you the [ bleep ] best, man. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats what im talking about. Thats what im talking about, folks. Thats all we have for our audience suggestion box. [ cheers and applause ] well be talking to ice cube when we come back. Stick around, everybody [ cheers and applause ] its time for some straight talk. If you love your phone. But hate your bill. Do something about it no, not that. Straight talk wireless lets you keep your phone, number and 4g lte network. For half the cost. With the bring your own phone activation kit. Its time to ask yourself. Why havent i switched . Unlimited talk, text and data for fortyfive dollars a month, no contract. Find out more straighttalk. Com [ cheers and applause ] jimmy our first guest is a a very talented musician, actor and producer. His new Television Game show hiphop squares airs monday at 9 00 p. M. On vh1. Please welcome ice cube [ cheers and applause ] jimmy you got to feel the love. Come on. Awe, man. Its always love, man. Its always love around here. Jimmy thank you for [ cheers and applause ] thank you. Jimmy thank you for being here. Thank you for cube, ive known you for a long time now. Ive never still dont call you cube. Why not, man . Jimmy i dont know. I just call you i call you ice. Yeah. Jimmy i dont know. Lot of white guys call me ice. [ laughter ] its true jimmy they do . The black guys call me cube. White guys call me ice. Jimmy thats interesting. Im gonna call you ice cube, man. Alright. Jimmy ill just say thanks for being here. Thats all. Awe, thats cool, man. Thats love. Jimmy and thank you for doing that positive affirmations. Do you actually have any affirmations or things that you say that kind of get you into the right headspace . Man, my man keyboard got the best one. Its mind your own, you live longer. Mind your own business, you live longer. Jimmy thats a good one. And mine is, kick ass, take names. Kick more ass and get a name back. [ cheers and applause ] jimmy you were in new york city yesterday for the blizzard. Youre an l. A. Guy. Did you enjoy the snowstorm or . No. [ light laughter ] crazy, man. You know its like its i mean, you know, the snow is new. Its like fun and miserable at the same time. I dont jimmy yeah. I dont understand it. Jimmy yeah, youre not now did you did you ever take the keys the kids skiing or kids did you ever take the family sledding or anything . Jimmy, do i look like i go skiing . [ light laughter ] look. Jimmy you just called you just called me jim, by the way. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Jimmy i had to let you know. But nah, man. You know, im not into skis and putting some things on your feet to go that fast, no brakes. But me and my family, we do pitch a bitch on the sleds though, you know what i mean . [ light laughter ] well find a hill somewhere and act a damn fool on those sleds. Jimmy right, yeah . Yeah. Jimmy sleds are fun. Yeah, yeah. Did you last time we talked about this big3 thing. Oh, yeah. Jimmy is there an update on this . cause this is a cool idea. Listen to this. Well, you know im like the blues brothers. Im on a mission from god with this, okay . Jimmy yeah. This is the big3. Professional three on three basketball. Our first game is right here in new york at the barclays center. You know what i mean . [ cheers and applause ] june 25th. Jimmy when is it . So get your tickets. June 25th. You can take your family. You know. Tickets start at 27 and up. And its going to be great. 40 of your favorite nba players, or oldschool players. Jimmy i cannot wait. They getting down and three on three. Jimmy this is such a great idea. Yeah [ cheers and applause ] jimmy this is going to be in brooklyn june 25th. You can get tickets on ticket master or barclays center. Did i hear that maybe oakley might be coaching this . Oakleys going to coach. And he said he needs but he said he want to play a little bit. So you know, we get to see oakley on the court. Jimmy Charles Oakley on the court . Charles oakley on the court. Jimmy oh, my gosh. [ cheers and applause ] yeah, yeah. Jimmy im excited about this. Ill be there. Ill be there june 25th. Itll be fun. Youre also performing this summer at this giant comedy and a music festival. First time ever. Colossal cluster fest. Jimmy yeah. [ light laughter ] it just like its a mix of musicians and comedians together. Yeah. Its a mixture. You know you got people like jerry jerry seinfeld. Jimmy right, Jerrry Seinfeld will be there. And you know, im performing. Jimmy kevin harts going to be there. Yeah. See, thats a problem. [ light laughter ] see, you know, i almost quit when i heard kevin was going to be on there. Jimmy why . I mean, look, i dont want him to bring my profile down. Know what im sayin . Its like, you know, we [ scattered applause ] jimmy yeah. We can act together as friends, but jimmy yeah, come on. You know, on stage, thats real life. Know what im sayin . Its like im cube, he kevin. Why are we sharing the same stage . Jimmy yeah, yeah. That doesnt make any sense. No, no, thats my boy. I love him. Jimmy i know. Me too. We love him, too. Lets talk about hiphop squares. I love this idea. It is like Hollywood Squares but mixed with like with a little more alcohol and weed. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. Jimmy but who is participating . Who is in this . Oh, everybody, man. Everybody, you know, from we got tip. We got amber rose. We got, you know bobby brown come down and make an appearance. [ cheers ] jimmy really . We got everybody in pop culture, you know what i mean . We need to get questlove. My man Black Thought up there. Were gonna get you all there next season. [ cheers and applau