Amir Questlove–Thompson

It's that level of pressure that one puts on themselves, you know, and there's just no space for humanity in entertainment, but especially in black entertainment. So I feel as though now's the time to have that conversation because I feel as though, especially with black people, you We are now in a space where we are open to things like the discussion of therapy and mental health.

It's that level of pressure that one puts on themselves, you know, and there's just no space for humanity in entertainment, but especially in black entertainment. So I feel as though now's the time to have that conversation because I feel as though, especially with black people, you We are now in a space where we are open to things like the discussion of therapy and mental health.

It's that level of pressure that one puts on themselves, you know, and there's just no space for humanity in entertainment, but especially in black entertainment. So I feel as though now's the time to have that conversation because I feel as though, especially with black people, you We are now in a space where we are open to things like the discussion of therapy and mental health.

Well, yeah, this became a serious point of contention with, you know, kind of me and the Disney organization and, you know, the idea of like, well, is this the burden of genius or the burden of black genius? The difference between black genius and regular genius is that, you know, most white artists aren't,

Well, yeah, this became a serious point of contention with, you know, kind of me and the Disney organization and, you know, the idea of like, well, is this the burden of genius or the burden of black genius? The difference between black genius and regular genius is that, you know, most white artists aren't,

Well, yeah, this became a serious point of contention with, you know, kind of me and the Disney organization and, you know, the idea of like, well, is this the burden of genius or the burden of black genius? The difference between black genius and regular genius is that, you know, most white artists aren't,

Their feet aren't going to be held to the fire of, you know, remind yourself that you're Italian. You know, make sure you keep up your German roots.

Their feet aren't going to be held to the fire of, you know, remind yourself that you're Italian. You know, make sure you keep up your German roots.

Their feet aren't going to be held to the fire of, you know, remind yourself that you're Italian. You know, make sure you keep up your German roots.

Yeah, exactly. When you have black success, nine times out of ten, you're going to go in the history books because it's just so pioneering. And you better make us proud and you better not mess up or embarrass us. I think right now we're just starting to have that conversation about how do we feel inside, you know, our humanity.

Yeah, exactly. When you have black success, nine times out of ten, you're going to go in the history books because it's just so pioneering. And you better make us proud and you better not mess up or embarrass us. I think right now we're just starting to have that conversation about how do we feel inside, you know, our humanity.

Yeah, exactly. When you have black success, nine times out of ten, you're going to go in the history books because it's just so pioneering. And you better make us proud and you better not mess up or embarrass us. I think right now we're just starting to have that conversation about how do we feel inside, you know, our humanity.

So these next six projects I'm working on, this will be the common denominator. I touch on this in the Earth, Wind & Fire doc, which comes out in September. And with Sly, it's also about humanity and vulnerability, which, you know, is sometimes just way too risky to... figure out will you get penalized if you are oversharing too much because some people might not be able to handle it.

So these next six projects I'm working on, this will be the common denominator. I touch on this in the Earth, Wind & Fire doc, which comes out in September. And with Sly, it's also about humanity and vulnerability, which, you know, is sometimes just way too risky to... figure out will you get penalized if you are oversharing too much because some people might not be able to handle it.

So these next six projects I'm working on, this will be the common denominator. I touch on this in the Earth, Wind & Fire doc, which comes out in September. And with Sly, it's also about humanity and vulnerability, which, you know, is sometimes just way too risky to... figure out will you get penalized if you are oversharing too much because some people might not be able to handle it.

Yeah, he's been clean for about kind of close to a decade, and that's why we called it Sly Lives. The irony of all this is that All of his disciples unfortunately didn't make it, but yet Sly is still with us. And for me, like, my favorite part of that film is when his kids describe what his life is like now. Like, I love the fact that Novena Caramel from KCRW in L.A. says that, you know, like...

Yeah, he's been clean for about kind of close to a decade, and that's why we called it Sly Lives. The irony of all this is that All of his disciples unfortunately didn't make it, but yet Sly is still with us. And for me, like, my favorite part of that film is when his kids describe what his life is like now. Like, I love the fact that Novena Caramel from KCRW in L.A. says that, you know, like...

Yeah, he's been clean for about kind of close to a decade, and that's why we called it Sly Lives. The irony of all this is that All of his disciples unfortunately didn't make it, but yet Sly is still with us. And for me, like, my favorite part of that film is when his kids describe what his life is like now. Like, I love the fact that Novena Caramel from KCRW in L.A. says that, you know, like...

He loves pizza with pineapples on it. He loves, you know, watching old Westerns. He loves driving new cars. The first time I saw a slide drive, he was driving a very unusual, I don't know what kind of car that was, but just the fact that he has an everyday normal existence. Like he plays with his grandkids. Like he, he's just a, the,

He loves pizza with pineapples on it. He loves, you know, watching old Westerns. He loves driving new cars. The first time I saw a slide drive, he was driving a very unusual, I don't know what kind of car that was, but just the fact that he has an everyday normal existence. Like he plays with his grandkids. Like he, he's just a, the,