Michelle Obama will join The Roots for their 13th annual picnic which will be held online this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Obama is participating in the event to encourage voter registration. The former first lady’s nonprofit When We All Vote has partnered with the show. The virtualContinue Reading
[youtube id=”R8z4zT9n_gE”]Black Thought gives an NPR Tiny Desk Concert at home. He performs three unreleased songs; “Thought vs Everybody,” “Yellow” and “Nature Of The Beast.” Black Thought explains the story behind each song and which producers he worked with on them. A broadway musical inspired by the Harlem Renaissance writerContinue Reading
[youtube id=”KqAZyDFn64Y”]The Roots have their first new song in two years “Feel It (You Got It)” featuring Tish Hyman. Questlove first played the song this past fall during an event for The Philadelphia High School For Creative and Performing Arts where he graduated in the ’80s. The laid-back tune comesContinue Reading
[youtube id=”9ZWqstHT5AU”]Ice Cube took Everythangs Corrupt to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last month and performed “That New Funkadelic” with help from The Roots. Related posts: Talib Kweli-Every Ghetto On The Tonight Show With The Roots Black Thought’s Mario Brothers Rap On LNWJF Kendrick Lamar On The Tonight Show Alicia KeysContinue Reading