Band Members
- Black Thought – MC (1987–present)
- Questlove – Drums (1987–present)
- Kamal Gray – Electronic keyboard (1994–present)
- F. Knuckles – Percussion (2001–present)
- Captain Kirk Douglas – Electric guitar (2003–present)
- Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson – Sousaphone (2007–present)
- James Poyser – Electronic keyboard
- Mark Kelley - Bass (2011–present)
- Former members
- Malik B. – MC (1987–1999)
- Kid Crumbs (Kenyatta Warren) – MC (1993)
- Rubberband (Josh Abrams) – Bass (1992)
- Rahzel – Beatbox (1995–2001)
- Dice Raw – MC (1995–2001)
- Scott Storch – keyboards (1993–1995)
- Ben Kenney – guitar/bass (2000–2003)
- Martin Luther – vocals (2003–2004)
- Scratch – Beatbox (1996–2003)
- Leonard Hub Hubbard – Bass (1992–2007)
- Owen Biddle – Bass (2007–2011)
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“The band waked me with a serenade. How they improve! A fine band and what a life in a regiment! Their music is better than food and clothing to give spirit to the men.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“I esteem it the happiness of this country that its settlers, whilst they were exploring their granted and natural rights and determining the power of the magistrate, were united by personal affection. Members of a church before whose searching covenant all rank was abolished, they stood in awe of each other, as religious men.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)