Guardian Music — Rapper plans to ask Barack Obama to perform Al Green cover at Philadelphia music festival this SeptemberJay-Z will headline and curate Made in America, a new Philadelphia music festival. "[My] iPod playlist [is] gonna play for two days live," the rap... more info

ContactMusic — The Roots star Ahmir UESTLOVE THOMPSON has appealed to fans online to help him find his friends daughter after she went missing in Philadelphia Pennsylvania last week ends13May12 The acclaimed drummer and producer spent his Sunday 13May12 spreadi... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Big K.R.I.T. joined The Roots crew to perform “I Got This”. more info

Impose Magazine — The name Hot Sugar has haunted me at every turn, since appearing on Big Baby Gandhi's No 1 2 Look Up mixtape. It took the form of a wizard wand in his video for "#MindControl". It took the form of a beat lent to Open Mike Eagle for his most recen... more info

Kings of A&R — Buzz Track: Fire Carson Henley, a 26 year old singer-songwriter from Seattle just released his debut EP. Carson worked and collaborated on this project with people including buzzing artist Allen Stone, Tess Henley (who is working with The Roots at La... more info

Time — One of them spoke on cable news and one on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. One reminded America of its entrepreneurial roots and one jammed on stage with The Roots. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama both took the spotlight last night, the former to launch h... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — President Barack Obama was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night, and it was a love fest all around. The man actually walked on to the stage with The Roots playing "I'm So In Love With You." But it didn't stop there. Because Jimmy and his team d... more info

Gigwise — US President joins The Roots on stage to sing R&B news report more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The lineup was just announced one post ago, and already The Roots and Unchained "the Mighty Van Halen Tribute" have been added to Saturday. Questlove and Black Thought were also on the Central Park Summerstage lineup announced today.... more info

Totally Fuzzy — From 1996 to 2000 I was the head engineer at The Cutting Room in NYC. I had the pleasure of working with just about every important MC and producer that was relevant at the time. From Tracey Lee to Black Rob, from Mobb Deep to Wu-Tang, from Black St... more info