Will work for food: Questlove gets animated in a classic story

The aren’t many storytellers in hip-hop better than Questlove. Close to three decades of touring with The Roots and making music with the biggest names in the game have armed Philly’s favorite drummer with a ton of industry stories, and his people at Okayplayer are now animating them for our pleasure.

Watch below as Questo tells the long-running tale of his mission to sample the soul food of legendary singer Patti LaBelle. Chasing the culinary dream to the point of damn near obsession, at one point literally working for food, the messed up situation eventually has Questlove thinking that Patti’s promise of a good feed is nothing but smoke and mirrors. It’s one of the funniest industry stories we’ve heard, delivered personally by one of the nicest guys in hip-hop.