Name: Jimmy and The Roots Celebrate Questlove’s 50th Birthday
Uploaded: 2021-01-21T19:35:30.000Z
Duration: 7 min 4 s
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I just thought the whole thing was so great.

It was hard not to get emotional just watching that whole thing.

Every performance was top-notch and everything crushed.

Then Amanda Gorman just comes out of nowhere.

I mean, I was like, "What?" And just crushes --

steals the show from what's already a great show, I thought.

Oh, it was just -- it was a beautiful thing.

today is actually Questlove's 50th birthday.

Did you think when everyone was cheering about you

when they opened up the windows in New York City this morning?

-I thought it was about me. -Of course, yeah.

-I thought it was about me. -Well, we, uh --

Tariq would like to give you a gift, a birthday present,

if you don't mind, and would like to do it right now.

-Well, I wanted to give you a thoughtful gift

because this is a -- you know, it's a milestone birthday,

-No, so I thought, you know, what could sort of speak

to your love for music and, you know, be a nod

to The Roots and I was thinking question marks

and the heart pins that you wear all the time.

And I said, "If I were gonna design a logo for you,

with my sister, Prit, who is a jewelry designer,

and she said, "Well, you know, there's something

you know, that speaks to all those different things."

And I was -- You know, I'd already been thinking about

'Cause I was like, if I'm gonna get a facial tattoo,

So I was gonna get this bird on my face that is,

that speaks to appreciating just your roots.

it's a bird with his feet facing forward,

and it's holding a delicate egg, like, in its mouth.

So I didn't get that for you, but I realized the other --

the other -- the other symbol for sankofa

I designed this heart-shaped lapel pin for you

And it's encrusted in rubies with a yellow diamond.

-My birthday was in September, by the way.

-And if you look at it on the back, there's an inscription.

It says, "From organics to endgame and beyond.

-I know! I was, like, waiting for a cake fight or something.

You were thinking about getting a face tattoo?

-Yeah, I'm still gonna get it. You know, like, the bird

and he's reaching back and the egg, you know.

-I mean, you hang out with Post Malone all the time.

-Right now, you know how much hair and makeup

I have to go through to cover my face tattoos?

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Jimmy and The Roots Celebrate Questlove’s 50th Birthday

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