Philadelphia's hip-hop collective the Roots are off to a rough start at their new label. After seven studio albums with MCA and Geffen, they signed to Def Jam in 2006...
more >
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival will present a showcase curated by the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation, which is dedicated to revitalizing the careers of veteran...
more >
Looking for an excuse to avoid celebrating Earth Day? "There's nothing going on nearby" is probably not going to fly. The Roots, Ricky Skaggs, Los Lonely Boys, the Neville...
more >
Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction, Brooks Waterman of Bad Religion and ?uestlove of The Roots will bring their beats to the 19th annual Drum-Off Grand Finals.
They are...
more >
The Roots, Talib Kweli, and N.E.R.D. are among the early confirmed participants for the Sprite Liquid Mix Tour 2003. Kweli and N.E.R.D. were onboard for last year's...
more >
Beastie Boys, Beck, Blur, the Roots and N.E.R.D. are among the artists confirmed for the Field Day festival in Riverhead, New York, on June 7 and 8. Tickets for the two-day...
more >
Incubus and longtime bassist Dirk Lance have parted ways. No explanation for the split was available at press time. The band has named Ben Kenney, the former guitarist of...
more >
Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid has stepped in to temporarily fill the void left by the departure of the Roots's guitarist Ben Kenney. Reid is performing with the...
more >
Eminem was named the most important artist making music right now by Spin. The magazine's "Ultimate List" featured their choices for the 40 most important artists working...
more >
The Roots, one of hip-hop's hardest working groups, have decided to move forward with a European tour in spite of the imminent possibility of war with Iraq.
The group's...
more >
The Roots got the 45th Annual Grammy Awards crowd bouncing as they backed up Eminem on a performance of "Lose Yourself," the mega-hit single from the soundtrack to 8 Mile,...
more >
Musiq, Angie Stone, Amel Larrieux, Questlove, Scratch, Donnie, Aaries, and visual artist Mike Thompson are the stars of a new series of Coca-Cola ads. The ads featuring...
more >
The Roots , who continually tour even when in between releases, will hit the road in February in support of their latest album, Phrenology, which is Number 76 on the...
more >
The Roots are planning to perform at midnight on Halloween (October 31) in full costume at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles. The hip-hop band will perform staple hits as...
more >
Hip-hop band the Roots are scheduled to perform at Avery Fisher Hall in New York's Lincoln Center on January 17. Wordsmith and socially conscious rapper Talib Kweli will...
more >
The Roots drummer Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson isn't accustomed to having much downtime during the holiday season. Since the Philadelphia hip-hop band's national debut with...
more >
The Grammy Award-winning rap outfit the Roots is reportedly at odds with its MCA Records label. The group and MCA president Jay Boberg aired their differences in a recent...
more >
Philadelphia-based rapper Black Thought of the Roots is set to make his cinematic debut in the Mark Levin-directed film, Brooklyn Babylon. The movie premieres in the U.S....
more >
Jodeci, the Roots, Chante Moore, Avant, Melky Sedeck, Keke Wyatt, Rahsaan Patterson, Pam & Dodi, Chico & Coolwadda, Yasmeen, Jersey Ave., and newcomers Damozel are some of...
more >
The Roots, Outkast, and New Order have beeen added to the lineup for Area: One, a summer trek that already includes the tour's mastermind Moby, as well as Incubus and Paul...
more >
The Roots, Mos Def, and Dice Raw are among those slated for the okayplayer tour, which is set to kick off in September. The Roots are hoping to continue what has been the...
more >
Hip-hop stalwarts The Roots, Mos Def
, and DJ Spooky will participate in this weekend's Detroit Electronic Music Festival, the first of what is hoped to be an annual event...
more >
The jazzy hip-hop group the Roots were honored by their Grammy win Wednesday (LAUNCH, 2/23), but as they explained backstage, they have a lot of projects coming up.
"We're...
more >
Eminem and the Roots took home their first Grammys Wednesday (Feb. 23) night. Eminem won for both best rap album for The Slim Shady LP and best rap solo performance for "My...
more >
Acclaimed hip-hop outfit the Roots go all the way live with their new album, The Roots Come Alive, due out today. The two-disc, 21-track set features material culled from...
more >
Starting next Wednesday (Aug. 25), Lenny Kravitz will be hitting the road with Smash Mouth and Buckcherry, kicking off the tour in Minneapolis. Some might think Kravitz's...
more >
Hip-hop herbalists Cypress
Hill have recorded their own ferocious version of KRS-1's "I'm Still #1" for In Tha Beginning, an upcoming compilation album featuring today's...
more >
