People.com — The 2016 BET Awards air live on Sunday, June 26 more info

Rolling Stone — BET Networks announced that Prince will be honored at the 2016 BET Awards on Sunday, June 26th, with a special live performance by Sheila E., The Roots, D'Angelo, Janelle Monae and others. Prince, who died in April at age 57, received the... more info

Idolator — D’Angelo,  Bibi Bourelly, Yuna and Lady Leshurr are on the bill. more info

AllHipHop — THE ROOTS ANNOUNCE AN INSANE LINEUP FOR ROOTS PICNIC IN NYC more info

Stereogum — For the past eight years, the Roots have brought their Roots Picnic festival to their Philadelphia hometown. And for the first time ever, as Billboard reports, the group will expand the festival to New York, the city where they now work as the Tonigh... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — After nine years in Philly, The Roots are finally doing it in NYC. Continue reading… more info

AllHipHop — WILL SMITH ROCKS THE ROOTS PICNIC! more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. singer Udo Dirkschneider will embark on a North American tour in January 2017 during which he will perform ACCEPT songs one last time before he closes the chapter for good. "Back To The Roots - Farewell To Accept" U.... more info

Stereogum — We don’t yet know which teams will be playing in the NBA Finals; both the Eastern and Western Conference Finals have been surprisingly competitive. But when the Finals do begin next week, we know how they’ll sound. The Roots have put together the... more info

People.com — The Roots drummer talked about the performance by Madonna in a series of tweets more info