The Roots

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Black Thought's memoir, 'The Upcycled Self,' is this year's One Book, One Philadelphia pick

Meek Mill, D'Angelo to play Roots Picnic this summer

Roots Picnic 2025

Questlove wails and sweats through his 'Hot Ones' interview

Questlove Hot Ones

Lil Wayne, Nas and Jill Scott to headline 2024 Roots Picnic

Questlove explains how becoming a late-night show house band reinvigorated The Roots

Questlove Conan Podcast

Questlove writing book about hip-hop history, plans to release it in 2024

Usher to replace Diddy at Roots Picnic

Usher Roots Picnic

Black Thought to chronicle his childhood and career in memoir 'The Upcycled Self'

Lil Uzi Vert featured in Apple Music's 'Hip-Hop DNA' podcast series

Black Thought, El Michels Affair explore fame and identity on 'Glorious Game'

Black Thought Album

Questlove to discuss his children's book 'The Rhythm of Time' at the Free Library

Questlove to auction off records from his personal collection for charity

Questlove to direct live action remake of Disney's 'The Aristocats'

Wife of founding Roots member sues Questlove and Black Thought for fraud

Leonard Hubbard Lawsuit

Black Thought celebrates 50th anniversary of hip-hop with spoken word tribute

Star-studded Roots Picnic to feature Dave Chappelle, Diddy and Lauryn Hill

Black Thought gets introspective about 'That Girl' on second single from upcoming collaborative album

Black Thought/ El Michaels "That Girl"

The Roots will star in upcoming PBS special

The Roots PBS

Black Thought, El Michels Affair release lead single 'Grateful' from upcoming collaborative album

Black Thought El Michels Affair

The Roots tease new single, 'Misunderstood,' from long-awaited album 'End Game'

Kenan Thompson, Fran Lebowitz among featured guests on second season of Questlove's digital series

Black Thought, legendary emcee of The Roots, gets honored with mural in Olde Kensington

Black Thought Mural Philly

Black Thought, Danger Mouse release lead single 'No Gold Teeth' from upcoming collaboration

Questlove mistook a phone call from Barack Obama as his Postmates driver

Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' to make broadcast television premiere on ABC

Summer of Soul ABC

Roots Picnic returning to Fairmount Park with Mary J. Blige, Jazmine Sullivan as headliners

Questlove, Black Thought featured on 'Rise Up, Sing Out,' Disney's latest animated series

Questlove Black Thought Rise Up

Barack Obama names Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' among his favorite movies of 2021

Barack Obama Summer of Soul

Fans mourn death of The Roots founding member Leonard Hubbard

Leonard Hubbard The Roots death

Questlove to release new book chronicling American music, history over last 50 years

Black Thought to school young rappers during master class at Carnegie Hall

'I'm happier': Questlove shares how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his lifestyle and hairstyle

Questlove shares how he first saw 'Summer of Soul' footage — but he had no idea what he was watching

The Roots are touring this summer, but a Philly homecoming isn't on the schedule

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Tariq Trotter chronicles childhood in Philly in Audible Original '7 Years'

Black Thought, Tariq Trotter Audible book

Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' highlights new titles coming to Hulu in July

New Hulu July Summer of Soul

Questlove shares how he found out 'Summer of Soul' won pair of Sundance awards

Questlove quizzes Academy Award nominees on Oscars music knowledge

Questlove Oscars Academy Awards

Questlove's 'Summer of Soul' documentary wins two Sundance prizes

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band star as musical guests on SNL

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New HBO film, '40 Years a Prisoner,' tells story of Philly's controversial MOVE raid

40 Years a Prisoner HBO

The Roots, Jimmy Fallon parody Taylor Swift's new 'folklore' documentary

Fallon Roots Swift folklore

The Roots and Jimmy Fallon rap about how to properly complete Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot

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