(AllHipHop News) As part of celebrating the nation’s birthday, Wawa, VH1 and the city of Philadelphia have teamed up to the put together the Wawa Welcome America! Festival, billed as “The Largest Free Concert in America.” Joined by Mayor Michael Nutter, the city of Philadelphia will celebrate the 4th of July Jam with a host of artists [...]
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 2:20PM Written by Cyrus Langhorne With buzz stirring across the Internet of rapper R. Prophet being arrested after a messy altercation with Kentucky police last weekend, Nappy Roots group member Buffalo Stille hit up SOHH to speak on his former comrade’s woes. Despite not being in the group for roughly seven [...]
(AllHipHop News) R. Prophet, one of the founding members of southern rap group Nappy Roots, was involved in an altercation with Kentucky State Police over the weekend that eventually led to the 35-year-old being tasered, pepper sprayed, and arrested. According to a report by local news affiliate WLKY, Prophet (born Kenneth Anthony) was the passenger in a [...]
Video Link After The Jump Nas and Black Thought of The Roots will go down as two of the greatest emcees of our time. Though they are cool now, there was a time when the two weren’t seeing eye to eye. “In some interview he made a comment about how wack it was for us [...]
» by Chris Thomas (@ChrisThomas266) April 2, 2013, 16:07pm Janelle Monáe graced the stage on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, where she paid tribute to late, great Rock legend Jimi Hendrix by performing his classic Axis: Bold as Love song, “Little Wing.” She was backed by house band The Roots and her guitarist Kellindo Parker, who gave a [...]
(AllHipHop News) The Roots drummer and music producer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is about to join other Hip-Hop legends-turned-authors like LL Cool J, Eminem, and Common when he releases his memoir Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove on June 18th by Grand Central Publishing. The book, co-written with New Yorker editor Ben Greenman, will be a mixture of [...]
Basketball is the national pastime of the Philippines, and since the sport was introduced in the early 1900s, it has served as a unifying passion that transcends age, race and social class. In fact, basketball is both a sport and a commercial phenomenon in the Philippines, and statistics show that 40% of the population has [...]
The sixth annual Roots Picnic line-up in Philadelphia has been announced and always hosts arguably the artists of the year. The Roots will be performing of course, Naughty By Nature (performing with The Roots), Solange Knowles, Gary Clark, Jr., Grimes, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, DJ Premier, AraabMUZIK, Joey Bada$ $ , Gaslamp Killer, Trinidad James, [...]
(AllHipHop News) How much free time does a group known for touring most of the year have in between a nightly gig on The Jimmy Fallon Show and recording for their 13th album? Enough to headline a tailgating party on the day of the Super Bowl. Twenty year Hip Hop veteran collective, The Roots will [...]
The penny dropped when we spotted Henry Iovino and he asked, “how did you like my car?” We were at the coat check at Detroit’s Cobo Hall, preparing to leave the auto show without a real answer to our primary question about the Corvette-powered, Fisker Karma–based VL Destino: How did that happen? Partners in the venture, [...]
The Roots are continuing to branch out musically. The Roots have collaborated with a wide range of hip-hop’s finest, backing everyone from Jay-Z to Nas during live performances. Now, though, they’re getting ready to drop a project with a similarly esteemed musician—it’s just one who’s not a rapper. According to Billboard, the Philadelphia collective will [...]
The Legendary Roots Crew return to the interwebs today with some news for their upcoming album, and their upcoming annual event. The Jimmy Fallon house band sat down recently with Billboard where they discussed their upcoming album, & Then You Shoot Your Cousin, how it came about, and of course their legendary Picnic Festival on [...]
» by Chris Thomas January 15, 2013, 17:27pm You ever wonder what happened to Mars Co-op, who kicked off the first verse on The Roots classic block party jam “Clones?” Well here’s an update. The Philadelphia MC returns with Sunwun and former Root’s member Malik B. on “48 Bars.” Mars, who also goes by King Midas, is on [...]
Posted by Andrew Unterberger on 01/11/2013 at 8:48 AM News The Popdust Files: beyonce, pharrell, upcoming albums, upcoming collaborations Two years releasing her masterful 4, and one year after releasing her first child Blue Ivy Carter, Beyoncé has a new album in the works, with over 50 songs in the pipeline. 50! That’s a very [...]
Wendy Williams is campaigning for a roots box and she’s about to get elected. Alluding to Beyonce‘s forthcoming documentary, this is what the talk show host had to say about our Lord And Gyrator Beysus Christ: “I am a Beyonce fan. I’m gonna watch her upcoming documentary because fortunately one of the TV’s in our kitchen [...]