Questlove, the longtime Roots frontman Ahmir Thompson, revealed in a new YouTube video that he once called the police on his own Philadelphia parties when guests got out of hand.
In a Thursday, July 30, episode of The Next Move with Questlove, Questlove admitted he would rather host parties, but he often found himself frustrated with party guests.
The parties, he said, occurred “back in ’97, back when Jill Scott and everybody was coming over.” According to FOX29 News, the era Questlove was referring to was when The Roots were working on their album Things Fall Apart.
“The city of Philadelphia also knows me for being famous for… calling the police on my own parties,” Thompson said. “Everybody was coming over; it would get too rowdy and…literally, I would call the cops on my own parties.”
“I’m a people-person until people start like putting their cigarettes and stuff out on, you know, my couch or whatever… So then it’s like, you gotta get out,” he said with a laugh.
The July 30 episode featured Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles, actor Jesse Williams, and “It girl” Olandria for a “Dinner Party”-themed game night.
Questlove wasn’t the only participant who made a stunning revelation. Williams revealed he broke a school suspension record and sold things he “definitely shouldn’t have been.”