Celebrity Life
Mary J. Blige to Headline 2022 Roots Picnic
The 2-day festival is scheduled for June 4 and 5 at Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park
Black Thought: My Life in 20 Songs
The Roots' longtime MC digs back nearly 30 years to detail the behind-the-scenes stories behind the group's most indelible songs and deep cuts beloved by hardcore fans
Leonard ‘Hub’ Hubbard, Longtime Bassist for the Roots, Dead at 62
"Hub" spent 15 years in the Philadelphia crew, appearing on their first seven LPs before leaving the band in 2007 following a cancer diagnosis
Questlove on the True Genius of Charlie Watts: ‘Only Real Drummers Know’
The Roots' drummer explains how the late Rolling Stone inspired him to play simple and steady, and how 'Exile on Main St.' inspired the Roots' "The Seed"
See the Roots Play Woodstock ’99 With Erykah Badu
As 'Things Fall Apart' turns 20, watch a live rendition of the album's standout single
Black Thought Drops One of His Earliest Freestyles in New Clip From Audible Original
The Roots MC tells the story of his life and career in seven-year increments in his new audio project, 7 Years
A Festival Dream Deferred No More: Inside Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’
How the Roots' drummer brought the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival to the big screen after 50 years
Rage Against the Machine, Serj Tankian, Roger Waters Sign Letter Asking Artists to Boycott Israel
"We call for you to join us with your name in refusing to perform at Israel’s complicit cultural institutions," over 600 artists - including Run the Jewels, Patti Smith and the Roots' Black Thought and Questlove - write
Justin Bieber, Fallon, the Roots Perform ‘Peaches’ With Classroom Instruments
Track appears on pop star's most recent album, Justice
The Roots Prep ‘Do You Want More?!!!??!’ Deluxe Reissue
Massive rerelease of group's 1995 major label debut boasts unreleased songs, remixes, alternate versions, and more
Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, Questlove?
A year in which the Roots co-founder and Tonight Show bandleader became a "sleeping, meditative, Croc-wearing, health nut"