Bobby Brown was a special guest at the Miami stop of The Roots & Q-Tip’s Hennessey Artistry tour.

The 2010 Hennessy Artistry Series went down in Chicago over the weekend.

?uestlove from The Roots just inked a book deal with Grand Central Publishing for a book combining his always entertaining stories of celebrity encounters, music factoids, and his thoughts on life. The book will be titled “Mommy, What’s A ?uestlove?” ?uestlove once said that he’d only write such a book long after he retired.  We […]

Spike Lee will be in the director’s chair for a live webcast of John Legend & The Roots’ September 23rd concert in New York City.

John Legend & The Roots’ tackled Donny Hathaway’s classic song “Little Ghetto Boy” for their collaborative album, Wake Up.

John Legend and The Legendary Roots Crew remake Baby Huey’s song that has spawned so many notable hip hop samples, with Black Thought spitting on this one.Wake Up! Drops September 21st.

Shot in Brooklyn Heights last month, John Legend & The Roots’ video for their cover of Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes’ 70’s classic “Wake Up Everybody” featuring Common & Melanie Fiona finally premiered.

The Roots How I Got Over is one of the best albums of 2010 and is probably in their top three behind Things Fall Apart and Illadelphalflife. For the video to “The Fire” f/ John Legend director Rik Cordero created a period piece with a military theme to tell the story. The band does not […]

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New Music

John Legend’s long-awaited collaboration with The Roots, Wake Up!, has been getting a lot of positive buzz online lately. The album of covers of politically themed songs drops September 21st. Peep the lead single, “Wake Up Everybody,” a cover of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes’ classic from 1975, featuring Melanie Fiona and Common. Check […]

If there’s one word that best describes Ben Kenney, it’s versatility.

Eminem’s latest album, Recovery, had an amazing first week of sales.