The Roots will kick off Philadelphia’s annual celebration of Black Music Month with their fourth-annual Roots Picnic on June 4th. The event will take place at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing in the band’s hometown of Philadelphia, PA. Black Thought, lead MC of The Roots spoke to TheUrbandaily.com about one of the Summers best shows. […]
Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz, and Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe star in Victoria Mahoney’s upcoming independent film, Yelling To The Sky. The film also stars Marc John Jeffries and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots.
This week on NBC’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” anchor Brian Williams joined host Jimmy Fallon and house band The Roots to “slow jam” the news. Watch below as Fallon, Williams and The Roots turn everything from health care reform and congressmen with funny names into a seductive ballad, albeit a hilarious one! When he’s […]
