Lauren Murrow
Culture

Questlove and the Art of the Subversive Musical Dig

The Roots---the house band of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon---are known for sneaking flyby jabs into 10-second snippets of walk­-on music.

The Roots---the house band of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon---are known for sneaking flyby jabs into 10-­second snippets of walk­-on music. We compiled the best of band­leader Questlove's cleverly subversive ditties for recent political guests.

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Lauren Murrow is a senior editor at WIRED, where she edits the features, Ideas, and the Opinion section. She also oversees 6x6, the magazine’s back page. Prior to joining WIRED she was the market editor at New York magazine and deputy editor at San Francisco magazine, covering technology, design, and ... Read More
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