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

Brooklyn Vegan — Innovative hip-hop band The Roots and alt-country group Drive-By Truckers are set to headline the 2016 edition of NYC's Lowdown Hudson Music Fest, an annual free event held at Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza on the Hudson River. The two day fe... more info

PopSugar UK — After The Lonely Island stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday night to promote their new movie, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, the talk-show host got them to sing one of their most well-known hits using only classroom ... more info

Time — The Roots got in on it, too more info

Consequence of Sound — They were also dressed as sailors, because of course. more info