The rap world was enraptured for various reasons with the out-of-the-blue release of Eminem’s latest coaster, Kamikaze,…

1. Black Thought—possibly the greatest rapper of all time, in the back row in a white, cat-daddy ensemble, complete…

The Roots’ fourth album, 1999’s Things Fall Apart, is largely regarded as the album that put them over the top. While Or…

Last week, Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought, frontman for the Roots, tried to break the rapper-nets with a 10-minute…

I was part of a conversation last week with two writers of color in which the concept of genius in art was…

The Root 100 honoree Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of the Roots shares why he believes art should represent the times…

Yes, contemporary hip-hop has been slaughtered by mumble rap, screaming and dumb-ass rap lyrics (see “Bad and Boujee,”…

More than 10,000 music lovers flocked to Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia Saturday for the annual Roots Picnic. This…