Inside Roots Picnic Disaster: First-Hand From A Journalist’s Perspective
The Roots Picnic stumbled into muddy disarray on Day 1 leaving concertgoers furious before rebounding with a stellar Day 2 featuring Lenny Kravitz and Clipse.
Questlove Responds To Backlash Over His Criticism Of 2Pac’s “Hit ‘Em Up”
The Grammy and Oscar winner doubles down on his critique of Hip-Hop beef.
Lil Wayne, Nas, André 3000, Jill Scott, Gunna, Victoria Monét & More Set For 2024 Roots Picnic
Weezy has a special performance planned for the Philly event.
Jimmy Fallon Apologizes To Staff For Nightmare Working Environment
Jimmy Fallon offer the formal apology to dozens of “The Tonight Show” employees complained about the toxic work environment.
Hip-Hop Duo dead prez Announces First Album In 11 Years Features The Roots’ Black Thought
M-1 and stic—collectively known as dead prez—haven’t released a new album since 2012’s Information Age, but that’s about to change.
Roots Picnic: The Fugees Reunite & GloRilla Brings Out Pregnant Chrisean Rock
Backed by The Roots, Pras, Wyclef Jean and Hill performed several classics, including “Zealots,” “Ready Or Not” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song.” It ended with a spirited performance of “Fu-Gee-La.”
Music Icon Tina Turner—The “Queen Of Rock & Roll—Dead At 83
In terms of Hip-Hop, Tina Turner has been sampled numerous times by multiple Hip-Hop artists, including Fat Joe, The Notorious B.I.G., The Roots, Childish Gambino and Kool G Rap.
Black Thought’s New Album With El Michels Affair Sparks More “G.O.A.T.” Talk
Titled Glorious Game, the 12-track collection quickly became a trending Twitter topic due to the sheer rhyming talent of The Roots’ MC.
Black Thought Teases “Timeless Classic” With Yasiin Bey (FKA Mos Def)
Black Thought enlisted Yasiin Bey for a song that will appear on ‘Streams of Thought Vol. 4’ produced by 14KT.
Questlove Links With Disney To Reimagine “The Artistocats”
Questlove has made another power move! The Philly producer has signed on to direct a new version of Disney’s classic “The Aristocats!”
Questlove Launches New Book Imprint “AUWA” Books With Epic Memoir From Sly Stone
Questlove is launching his own book imprint, “AUWA,” which was inspired by none other than the legendary Prince! Read more!
Will Smith Dropped Out Of Surprise Appearance At Grammys
Will Smith was supposed to make a surprise appearance at the Grammys, but he dropped out at the last minute. Read about what happened!
Royce Da 5’9″ Talks Possible Joint Album With Black Thought
The Midwesterner says the duo has a lot of unreleased tracks.
Black Thought Talks Being Perceived As An Underrated Emcee
Where do you rank the Philly-raised rhymer?
Rapper Black Thought Becomes General Partner In Venture Capitalist Firm
Black Thought is moving from the stage to the finance world as a partner in a VC firm, Impellent Ventures! Read more!
Black Thought Honored With Mural In Philadelphia; “That’s The Stuff Of Legends”
The “amazing” tribute to Black Thought is in the same local area he used to tag with Graffiti under the name of Double T.
Watch Pusha T Perform “Dreamin Of The Past” On ‘The Tonight Show’
The Clipse member is back with his latest album.
Questlove & Black Thought To Produce James Brown Documentary Series
Questlove, Black Thought and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger are executing producing a documentary series about James Brown for A&E.
Questlove Talks The Roots Creating The Band’s First Album Since 2014
“When you create more from your heart, that’s where the magic starts. And so that’s where we’re coming from.”
The Roots Tap Mary J. Blige, Summer Walker, G Herbo & More For Roots Picnic 2022
The Live Podcast Stage was curated by Wallo267 and Gillie The King.
