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The Roots' Questlove pens heartfelt tribute to the group's longtime manager and svengali, Richard Nichols, who tragically passed away after battling leukemia.

The Roots' longtime manager Richard Nichols has passed away. Rappers and R&B singers send heartfelt condolences on Twitter.

Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Hudson, Ed Sheeran and more celebrated America with great performances at the 2014 Philly 4th of July Jam.

Ever since Dave Chappelle released the doc 'Block Party' in 2005, he's been heavily associated with hip-hop, so it makes total sense that he would recruit some of the game's biggest rappers and singers to join him onstage once more.

They went from hip-hop's best known band to the 'Tonight Show''s house band but do The Roots still have what it takes to make a great rap album?

The Roots are set to release their 11th studio effort, '…and then you shoot your cousin.’ The Grammy Award-winning hip-hop band revealed the tracklist to the LP, which is due in stores May 19.

Questlove again finds himself as a topic of conversation of the Internet, and this time it's not because of 'The Tonight Show''s antics. The Roots member will make an appearance in an upcoming episode of 'Law & Order: SVU.' Ice-T and show writer Peter Blauner tweeted pictures of Questlove shooting scenes for the show, and it's very likely the drummer may not be playing himself. Th...

Before gearing up for the 2014 NBA All-Star game in New Orleans, Miami Heat superstar LeBron James partied like a rockstar with Rick Ross, Miguel, Black Thought and the Roots at his NBA All-Star Party on Saturday night (Feb. 15).

Jimmy Fallon kicked off his final episode of 'Late Night' with a performance of 'On A Night Like This' with none other than Lafayette's own Buckwheat Zydeco.

In case you didn't think Jimmy Fallon or the Muppets could be more adorable, check them out performing with the Roots!

Miley Cyrus is on fire, and despite what some may think of her behavior as of late, she still has the same ridiculous amount of fans that she's always had. With big success comes big hate, naturally; but even the biggest of all Miley haters will have to admit that this a capella version of 'We Can't Stop' featuring The Roots and Jimmy Fallon, is "perty cool."

The Roots are one of the most endearing rap groups in hip-hop. Now the hardest-working band are being honored in their hometown of Philadelphia with an honorary mural.

Frank Ocean made his television debut on ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ on Monday (July 9) in support of his Def Jam debut, ‘Channel Orange.’

Canadian cutie Carly Rae Jepsen brought her sweet pop smash ‘Call Me Maybe’ to the ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’ stage (and your TV screen) last night (June 7).

Last night on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," President Barack Obama dropped by for a visit, and did something that no U.S. President has ever done before. He "slow jammed the news." A regular bit on Jimmy Fallon's late night show features Jimmy reporting the news in the form of a "slow jam" with his house band, The Roots, backing him with soulful R&B grooves. Las

Who knew that such a bad song could create so much good in the entertainment world? On Friday night's episode of 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,' funnyman Stephen Colbert made a special musical appearance, in which he fittingly performed Rebecca Black's viral Internet song 'Friday' alongside house band The Roots.

Today the 2011 New Orleans Jazz Fest lineup was released at midnight and this year the range of the roster is so wide that it puts Jazz Fest up there with the likes of Austin City Limits, Coachella, Bonnaroo & Lollapalooza.