Next at the Kennedy Center: ‘The Roots Residency’ Premieres Jan. 27, 2023 on PBS
*PBS announced that the third episode of Next at the Kennedy Center, a series from the pubcaster’s first multi-year collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will feature the Grammy Award-winning hip hop group The Roots. Anchored by an unforgettable concert in the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall, the special explores how The […]
Questlove Recalls How Dr. Dre Helped ‘Save’ The Roots’ Music Career [WATCH]
*Questlove is speaking out about how hip-hop icon Dr. Dre helped save The Roots’ professional careers. During a conversation with Mark Ronson on THE FADER Uncovered, Questlove recalled when MCA Records crashed and burned, leaving The Roots’ in limbo. Dr. Dre was tasked with deciding which acts would be transferred to Geffen-Interscope and he decided […]
Questlove Gifts Us Discarded Video Of Black Woodstock (‘Summer of Soul’)
*Before Coachella, Stagecoach or Life Is Beautiful there was the Harlem Cultural Festival! Yesterday, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, opened the Sundance Film Festival with his directorial debut of “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised).“ “Summer of Soul” isn’t just a concert film,” expressed the musician during the film’s premiere. “It’s the […]
Angela Bassett, Tina Fey & Phylicia Rashad Discuss Their New Pixar Film ‘Soul’
*Pixar’s new flick “Soul“ is the first animated feature from the studio with a Black lead. The film tells the story of Joe Gardner ( voiced by Jamie Foxx) a musician and teacher, who suffers an unfortunate accident right before his big break. We follow his past through “the great before,” where he picks […]
