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The Roots and Live Nation Urban announced the Roots Picnic: Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life event at the Hollywood Bowl for June 29, 2024.

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With OG artists from the golden era like Nas and Wu-Tang Clan going on tour, hopefully The Fugees can put something together for their day-ones before Pras is eventually sentenced and taken out the picture.

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Each summer, The Roots curate one of the more underrated festivals around with their Roots Picnic. This marks the seventh year the show will invade Penn’s Landing in the group’s native Philadelphia, and today, ?uestlove unveiled a brief video to announce the performers.

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The Roots returned to their hometown of Philadelphia to host the sixth annual Roots Picnic Saturday (June 1). This year’s lineup featured an eclectic mix of artists including Trinidad Jame$, Sonnymoon, Gary Clarke Jr., Robert Glasper, and Naughty By Nature. As always, the legendary band also had a few surprises in store. One was an appearance by […]

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For fans of the Roots, their annual summer concert series has been a highlight. Today, the house band for  Late Night With Jimmy Fallon officially announced the lineup for its sixth annual “Roots Picnic,” including performers Naughty By Nature and a handful of buzzing acts like Joey BadA$$ and Trinidad Jame$. 

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At the famed Roots Picnic in Philadelphia, Maybach Music Group‘s, Wale spoke with Okayplayer. In this one on one interview, Wale talked about how he felt that The Roots were one of the most under appreciated acts in all of music. What is more interesting in this conversation, however, is when he speaks about the […]