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The Roots Picnic welcomes Vampire Weekend, drops Run-D.M.C. hints

5890 days ago
Live Daily — The third-annual Roots Picnic--featuring headliner Vampire Weekend [ tickets ]--is set for June 5 at Philadelphia's Penn's Landing pier, according to the band's Okayplayer website. Roots drummer Questlove also hinted in a Twitter video that the suriv... more info
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The Roots Picnic - 2010 date & initial lineup (Vampire Weekend, Clipse, The Very Best, Tune-Yards, Run DMC?)

5891 days ago
Brooklyn Vegan — The Roots Picnic 2009 (more by Tim Griffin) As Pitchfork reported, The Roots Picnic will be happening again this year at Philadelphia's Festival Pier on Penn's Landing, on Saturday, June 5th. ?uestlove announced part of the lineup via a Twitvideo... more info
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Run-DMC To Reunite For The Roots?

5891 days ago
Starpulse — Run-D.M.C. are set for a reunion at the Roots' annual summer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania festival, if drummer ?uestlove's online hints are to be believed. Rappers Reverend Run and Darryl McDaniels ... more info
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The Roots - Run Dmc To Reunite For The Roots

5891 days ago
ContactMusic — RUN-DMC are set for a reunion at the ROOTS' annual summer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania festival, if drummer UESTLOVE's online hints are to be believed.Rappers Reverend Run... more info
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The Roots Picnic 2010: Vampire Weekend, The Very Best, Clipse + RUN DMC and more!!

5892 days ago
We All Want Someone To Shout For — Holy cow, what a show! ?uestlove announced the spectacular lineup for the Roots Picnic 2010 which is held on June 5th at Penns Landing in Philadelphia. He announced it via tweetvid. The lineup is pretty heavily “afro-beat” influenced. It’s also... more info
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50 Cent To Produce And Star In College Football Film

5899 days ago
The Playlist — Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson will star as a college senior football player in a film called "Things Fall Apart" (certainly no relation to the famed novel of the same name by author Chinua Achebe or The Roots record). The film will be produced through his... more info
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The Roots to Produce New John Legend Album

5903 days ago
Silent Uproar — According to ?uestlove himself, The Roots will produce (and probably perform on) the next John Legend album, Wake Up Sessions, in its entirety. This is great news, but where's How I Got Over? [rapradar.com] more info
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Wanda Sykes Slams NBC Black History Month Menu

5916 days ago
Pop Crunch — Have you heard about the controversy brewing over NBC’s Black History Month menu? The already embattled network came under fire again on Thursday after The Roots’ Questlove — now a drummer in the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon band — TwitPic... more info
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NBC Cook Speaks!

5917 days ago
Perez Hilton — After Questlove, drummer for The Roots, Tweeted about the questionable menu featured at NBC yesterday in honor of Black History Month, NBC's cook Leslie Calhoun doesn't seem to understand what all the fuss is about! She says: "All I wanted to do was... more info
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Just When You Think NBC Can't Get Any Worse!

5917 days ago
Perez Hilton — Racially insensitive much?!?! Check out the menu available at NBC today that Questlove, drummer for The Roots and Jimmy Fallon's house band, Tweeted about today. Thoughts?? P.S. CLICK HERE to "follow" Perez on Twitter! more info
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