The Roots Picnic — the once Philly-centric Black music festival, which over 16 years has become a perennial soft launch for the summer concert season here in the Northeast — can now safely be thought of as a national event. Atlanta’s Gunna graces the same stage as North Carolina’s Fantasia Barrino. St. Louis natives Smino...

Back in March, Ariana Grande released her album eternal sunshine. That was a big album that launched two #1 hits, but given this spring’s deluge of albums from gigantic pop stars, it feels like it came out a long time ago. Grande is now hyping up her role in the big musical Wicked, and she would very much like to stay in the public eye...

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Sometimes Jimmy Fallon joins the Roots, who are The Tonight Show‘s house band, for a song performed on classroom instruments with famous guests. In 2019, Pete Townsend and Roger Daltrey teamed up with them for an idiosyncratic performance of “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Last night, Fallon and the Roots linked up with original Ghostb...

St. Louis rapper Sexyy Red, a master of deadpan nastiness, had a huge breakout year in 2023, and she’s remained in the conversation in 2024. Since she released her Hood Hottest Princess deluxe edition in December, Sexyy has had a pretend music-video baby with Drake and made Questlove feel like he has to defend her inclusion on the Root...