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Hip hop progenitors The Last Poets commemorated their 55th anniversary on May 19th.

Questlove uncovers 'Black Woodstock' in his hit Sundance doc A scene from the documentary 'Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)' by Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson. The film debuted at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. (Sundance Film Festival via AP) Questlove attends the Planned Parenthood of New York City spring gala benefit on May 1, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File) Published February 17. 2021 1:00PM  By JAKE COYLE, Associated Press Get the weekly rundown Email* Questlove responded with incredulous disbelief when he was f...

Questlove responded with incredulous disbelief when he was first told about the footage. A landmark 1969 Harlem concert series that he hadn't heard of? With Stevie Wonder? With Nina Simone? With Sly and the Family Stone, B.B. King and the Staples Singers? “I was like, ‘Yeah, right.’ I know everything that musically happened during that time period and I’ve never heard of this in my life. ‘Get out of here,’” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson recalled in an interview. “Then they came back and showed me the footage and I was just jaw-dropped.” That was the beginning of what would...

“Summer of Soul,” Questlove's directorial debut, finally unearths a little-seen landmark musical event By Jake Coyle • Updated on February 1, 2021 at 7:36 am Getty Images Questlove responded with incredulous disbelief when he was first told about the footage. A landmark 1969 Harlem concert series that he hadn't heard of? With Stevie Wonder? With Nina Simone? With Sly and the Family Stone, B.B. King and the Staples Singers? “I was like, ‘Yeah, right.’ I know everything that musically happened during that time period and I’ve never heard of this in my life. ‘Get...

Questlove responded with incredulous disbelief when he was first told about the footage. A landmark 1969 Harlem concert series that he hadn't heard of? With Stevie Wonder? With Nina Simone? With Sly and the Family Stone, B.B. King and the Staples Singers? “I was like, ‘Yeah, right.’ I know everything that musically happened during that time period and I’ve never heard of this in my life. ‘Get out of here,’” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson recalled in an interview. “Then they came back and showed me the footage and I was just jaw-dropped.” That was the beginning of what would...