As a superfan of the hip-hop group The Roots, I will always contend that “Water,” a raw and vulnerable tale of…

Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson and Tarik ‘Black Thought’ Trotter (the latter of which may still hold the crown for the gr…

Much like everyone else at the moment, The Roots have a lot of time on their hands.

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

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.…

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…

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

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