The Roots

Last night, The Roots got in the Halloween spirit like only hip-hop's dopest band can. During The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Black Thought, Questlove and crew performed a remix of the famed score of the cult classic, Halloween. With the band flipping the instrumental, Thought bounces through bars about the murderous Michael Myers...

Lecrae is winning. There's no other way around it. Still reeling off claiming a No. 1 Billboard spot with his latest album, Anomaly, L Boogy recently stopped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and performed his track, "Nothin" backed by the live sounds of The Roots...

Photos By: Krystal Perkins The Global Citizen Festival took place this weekend (Sept. 27) on the Great Lawn in New York’s Central Park. Currently in its third year, the charity concert - broadcasted live on MSNBC - featured headlining performances by Jay Z, No Doubt (who was joined by Sting), Carrie Underwood, fun., The...

Steve Harvey joined in on the late night fun last night (Sept. 8) on episode of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The cast took a break from the show’s typical lineup to play an interesting game of Family Feud that included names of marijuana, groupie-less band members and the things you play with the most. C...

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If there's anything you should know about Jimmy Fallon, it's that he's a prankster. In lieu of the new film, 50 Shades of Grey, Fallon decided to play a prank on The Roots by changing up the trailer in hopes of scaring them as they watched...

  UPDATE 6:11pm The Roots have issued the following statement: The Roots Family are devastated to announce the passing of Richard Nichols, the band’s longtime manager, after a long battle with leukemia. Nichols, 55, a Philadelphia native, managed the band from its inception in 1992, and was instrumental in every aspect of The Roots’ creative, cultural, and professional life  over the past two dec

Jay Z and Beyonce's "On The Run" Tour is in full swing and when the tour wraps up, Hov will have little time to rest as he has been announced a headliner at New York City's "Global Citizen Festival" in September. The massive festival is set to take place on September 27 in Manhattan's Central Park and will also feature The Roots and pop acts like Carrie Underwood, No Doubt, an

It's hard to find a city that gets in popping for The Fourth better than Philadelphia. Yesterday, The Roots had their annual Philly 4th Of July Jam in the City of Brotherly Love. The legendary band had help rocking the huge crowd from Nicki Minaj, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, and Aloe Blacc...

This time last year, albums from Kanye West, A$AP Rocky, J Cole, Mac Miller and Wale—with a Jay Z album right around the corner—had already dropped, providing hip-hop heads with plenty to talk about at the halfway mark of the year. In 2014, t...

Before The Roots and Boyz II Men became Grammy Award Winning groups, they were students together at the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. The two groups battled each other in the late 80's during their school's talent show called, "Sentimental Journey...

The Roots were on hand today to help promote the importance of eating breakfast at Kellogg’s cereal pop-up shop on West 54th street. During the event, the band broke into song repeating the words “milk and cereal” as part of “Cereal + Milk” advertising campaign. The audience at the morni...