The Roots Releases Smoldering New Song “It Ain’t Fair”
In the upcoming weeks, Detroit, the new film from award-winning director, Kathryn Bigelow, about the 1967 12th Street riot will hit theaters. This week, the Roots have joined together with fellow...
View ArticleThe Roots and Amazon Music Partner Up To Steam “A Night Of Symphonic Hip Hop”
The Roots, after releasing “It Ain’t Fair”, and Amazon Music have agreed to live stream The Roots’ “A Night of Symphonic Hip Hop” concert.This event will take place in Dallas, Texas at The Pavilion...
View ArticleWebcast: Watch A Concert For Charlottesville Livestream
Following the events that unfolded between white supremacist and counter protesters in Charlottesville last month, the music community is coming together for a concert in tribute for the victims...
View ArticleThe Roots Announces Winter 2018 Tour Dates
The Roots’ have announced a short winter tour from December 26th in Boston, Massachusetts to December 29th in Atlanta, Georgia. This is followed a concert the band did as a part of a livestream and a...
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Gasparilla Music Festival Announces 2018 Lineup Featuring The Roots, Father...
Gasparilla Music Festival is back for its seventh installment! Today, they have announced part of the lineup for their festival which takes place on March 11th and 12th at the Curtis Hixon Park in...
View ArticleSXSW Music Festival Announces 11th and Final Round of Showcasing Artists...
With the summer months rapidly approaching, big music festivals are lining social media newsfeeds with announcements of their headliners and SXSW 2018 has recently dropped their next round of artists....
View ArticleBud Light Roots SXSW Jam Cancelled Due to Security Concern
Tonight’s Bud Light Roots Jam has been cancelled due to a security concern after a reported bomb threat was called in. Questlove confirmed the news that the show would be canceled around 8:30 local...
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Essence Festival Announces 2018 Lineup Featuring Erykah Badu, The Roots and...
New Orleans’ annual Essence Music Festival has announced its 2018 lineup. Taking place July 5-8 at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, the festival boasts an all-star lineup including Erykah Badu, Janet...
View ArticleQuestlove Joins Original Prince Arranger Brent Fischer and...
Acclaimed drummer of The Roots and creative Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson has enlisted the talents of GRAMMY® Award winner Brent Fischer for his new musical project, 4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince....
View ArticleQuestlove’s Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Moves To An Arbitration Panel
It was reported in January that Questlove of The Roots and NBC were sued for racial discrimination by two former cameramen for “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”. Kurt Decker and Michael Cimino...
View ArticleHoward Stern Is Recording a Song with Mark Ronson, HAIM and the Roots
Howard Stern is undertaking a recording project after assigning his longtime show staffer Fred Norris the task of writing him a “hit song,” albeit one that didn’t require much in terms of vocal...
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The Roots Announce 2019 Roots Picnic Lineup Featuring The Roots Playing...
The Roots have announced their Roots Picnic Festival in time for summer. The one-day festival will take place Saturday, June 1 at the Mann Center at Fairmont Park in Philadelphia, PA. Grammy Award...
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Comedy Central Clusterfest Announces 2019 Lineup Featuring Courtney Barnett,...
The Bay-Area’s annual Clusterfest has announced their lineup for 2019. The 2019 edition boasts a lineup featuring both music and comedy acts including Courtney Barnett, Mac Sabbath, The Roots, Japanese...
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The Roots Announce Hollywood Bowl Show Playing Things Fall Apart in its Entirety
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat The Roots are coming together to perform their classic album Things Fall Apart from front to back at the Hollywood Bowl. The announcement was made from the Los Angeles...
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Roots Picnic Announces 2020 Lineup Featuring Thundercat, Meek Mill and The...
The Roots and Live Nation will be throwing the thirteenth annual Roots Picnic music festival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 30th. The festival will take place in the Mann at Fairmount...
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Erykah Badu, Common, Questlove, Talib Kweli and More Performed at Dave...
Legendary comedian Dave Chappelle recently held another Block Party, this time with socially distant measures featuring a range of guests including Erykah Badu, Common, Questlove, Talib Kweli, Michelle...
View ArticleThe Roots’ Black Thought Releases First Single From Upcoming Solo Album...
Prolific emcee and founding member of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based hip hop band The Roots, Black Thought, recently released the first single “Thought vs. Everybody” off his forthcoming solo...
View ArticleRIP: Founding Member of The Roots Malik B. Dead at 47
Rapper, singer and one of The Roots founders Malik Abdul Basit, better known as Malik B., has passed away at the age of 47 according to an announcement made on the group’s Instagram. A cause of death...
View ArticleBlack Thought Shares Star-Studded New Song “Good Morning” Featuring Killer...
Member of The Roots, Black Thought, has released a new song as a solo project with artists, Pusha T, Killer Mike and Swizz Beatz. This is the second song that has been released leading up to Black...
View ArticleThe Roots Announce Summer 2021 Tour Dates
Iconic hip hop group and The Tonight Show house band The Roots have announced that they will be going on a Summer 2021 tour. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster. The tour is set to kick off in...
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