A bench inscribed with the words “You’ve Got A Friend In Me” sits in Perry’s Wiese Park next to a newly planted oak tree. “Ahmir had a smile that could light up a room and a laugh that everyone could ...

LOS ANGELES -- After winning an Academy Award for his 2021 documentary, "Summer of Soul," Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson returns to On The Red Carpet's Storytellers Spotlight to discuss his sophomore film ...

TOO. THAT’S ALL AHEAD IN A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU. ZAIN. WELL, TONIGHT THE FATHER OF A BOY GUNNED DOWN IN AMERICA’S LATEST MASS SHOOTING IS TRYING TO GRASP HOW THIS TRAGEDY HAPPENED. ON THURSDAY, A 17 ...

The Perry School District invites community members to join in a dedication ceremony honoring the life and legacy of Ahmir Jolliff. A tree and bench will be unveiled in memoriam at 4:30 p.m. on Monday ...

Ahmir Jolliff was killed Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, before classes started at the school building shared by middle school and high school students in Perry, Iowa. The sixth-grader was shot three times by ...

PERRY, Iowa — Ahmir Jolliff dashed out of his home in Perry Thursday morning, eager to see his friends on the first day back to school after winter break. It was vintage Ahmir — known as “Smiley” ...

Six-time Grammy Award-winning drummer and producer Questlove is digging deep into the roots of hip-hop and uncovering how the genre has impacted culture. He explains it all in his new book "Hip-Hop is ...

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson — musician, author, award-winning documentarian — is going to have his own publishing imprint, AUWA, nested under MCD books, which is part of one of the Big Five publishers, ...

Hundreds of people said goodbye Thursday to a vibrant 11-year-old boy known as "Smiley," a week after he was shot to death at his Iowa school by an older student who also wounded seven other children ...

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson took an immersive approach in his preparations to direct Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), winner of the top nonfiction prize at Sundance and ...