The new issue of Hot Press finds us going with the ‘fro as The Roots mainman Questlove - and Metropolis headliner - takes us on a hip hop trip down memory lane.
His fascinating reminiscences include the night he got to hang with Prince and a certain soul megastar
“I’d always made a rule to never, ever befriend your heroes because they can disappoint you,” he says. “However, he’s a bit of a cool dude. Probably the best night of my life was being in his house with him on bass and Stevie Wonder on keyboards. It was like an all-star jam at his house for two hours. We did Stevie’s whole catalogue - that was the greatest thing ever.”
Noel Gallagher, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Kurt Cobain and Led Zep also get namechecked in his musical masterclass.