The Roots
'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' Has a Live Audience for the First Time in over a Year
PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2021
This damn pandemic has meant a lot of cancellations in show business, along with some pretty awkward television. Most live shows have been...
Questlove to Direct Sly Stone Documentary
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2021
Earlier this year, Questlove debuted Summer of Love — his directorial debut — at Sundance. Now, he's already lined up his next project. The...
Whodini's John "Ecstasy" Fletcher Dead at 56: Report
PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2020
John Fletcher — an American artist known best as vocalist Ecstasy with hip-hop trio Whodini — has died. News of Fletcher's passing was shar...
Black Thought and Danger Mouse Plot 'Dangerous Thoughts' Album
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2020
Black Thought is fresh off the release of Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane and Abel, and when it comes to new material, he has no plans to...
Black Thought Finally Delivers Long-Awaited 'Streams of Thought Vol. 3'
PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2020
After detailing the effort back in July, Black Thought has finally shared the third volume of his Streams of Thought series. You can hear S...
Malik B. of the Roots Dies at 47
PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2020
Malik Abdul Basit — an American rapper and singer best known as formative Roots member Malik B. — has died. News of the artist's passing wa...
Black Thought Details 'Streams of Thought Vol. 3'
PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2020
In April, Black Thought hopped on a quarantine livestream to share new songs from a third instalment of his Streams of Thought release seri...
9 Concert Films That Will Tide You Over Until the Real Thing Comes Back
PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2020
By now, we're so deep into our socially isolated lives due to COVID-19 that we're starting to forget what going to concerts feel like. And...
