After setting the internet on fire with his now classic 10-minute freestyle, Black Thought is once again making noise with word that he’s working on an EP with Hip-Hop fan favorite producer 9th Wonder.
Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, the longtime frontman for The Roots, will go down in infamy for his blistering 10-minute bar display on Funkmaster Flex’s program that people are still talking about. In an interview with Rolling Stone, the Philadelphia wordsmith says he’s essentially responsible for the practice of so-called “mumble rap” and makes a strong […]
Black Thought blacked out for 10 minutes in rhyme form. There really is no other way to describe it.
Black Thought of the legendary Roots crew sat down with the New York Times to talk about growing up in Philadelphia, his beard, and more.
During an appearance on Shade 45's Sway In The Morning show, Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man and Black Thought of The Roots destroy a freestyle session.
Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter of The Roots fame is part of a new campaign in his hometown of Philadelphia to attract Black visitors.
Shea Serrano’s best-selling book The Rap Yearbook will be expanded into a six-part docu-series event as part of AMC’s original nonfiction programming in 2018 as announced earlier this morning in New York. The project’s executive producers include Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots fame, alongside Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney.
Common and Black Thought, two of the best to ever do it freestyled back and forth on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.
Questlove of The Roots stepped from behind the drum set and into the interview chair on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to reveal how The Roots landed the house band gig.
Black Thought, lead MC of The Roots, is hosting a special film screening of The Last Dragon at Nitehawk Cinema (136 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY) on Tuesday, April 26 at 7 p.m.
Late last week, Lupe Fiasco announced a few changes in the plans for the three albums–DROGAS, DROGAS light*, and his final album SKULLS–he will release this year. Now he whets fans appetites with “CONVERSATIONS #1” and a follow up titled “Meditations On a New Diasporic Mythology Complex.”
Why is Black Thought considered an “underrated” MC? As co-founder of The Roots, he is a Grammy-award winning rapper with 11 albums under his belt and a career that spans 20-plus years. He’s toured the world 10 times over and he’s broadcast into millions of homes every weeknight thanks to his Master of Ceremonies gig […]
