When the Roots drummer Questlove came up with his band’s name, he was intentionally calling back to writer Alex Haley, whose historical book and television series ‘Roots’ made a significant impact on Black history and storytelling in the late 1970s. The almost 10-hour special, which examined Haley’s family lineage, was …
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Black Thought stepped out of his role of Tonight Show band member to serve as Jimmy Fallon’s featured musical guest on Wednesday’s episode, where the Roots rapper delivered a medley of two tracks from his recent EP Streams of Thought Vol. 3: Cane & Able. For both virtual performances, Black …
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Panic! At the Disco‘s Brendon Urie, the Roots and Jimmy Fallon teamed up for a quarantine-at-home rendition of Queen and David Bowie’s classic, “Under Pressure.” Their new remix will air on Tuesday during The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In the clip, Urie and Fallon take vocal lead while the …
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Bad Bunny performs his single “Mia” while marching through the streets of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico in a pre-filmed segment from Tuesday’s Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon and the Roots‘ Black Thought and Questlove join the rapper, banging around on timbale sticks, maracas and a tambourine. The piece opens with …
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UPDATE: The Austin Police Department arrested a 26-year-old man in connection to the bomb threat on the Roots‘ SXSW concert Saturday. Trevor Ingram was charged with making a terrorist threat, a third-degree felony, hours after the concert was canceled over the “security concern.” *** The Roots were forced to cancel …
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