This weekend officially marked the start of Black Music Month and cookout season, and Philadelphia kicked it off in massive style. For the uninitiated, the annual Roots Picnic is a two-day cultural ...

The iconic rapper performed at Belmont Plateau on May 30. By Armon Sadler Jay-Z reminded the world why he is one of the few “event artists” left in hip-hop this past weekend. The 56-year-old rapper ...

There was a time when the Roots Picnic felt less like a music festival and more like a cookout. It was soulful, weird, creative, and undeniably Black. You came for the music, but you stayed for the ...

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The first day of the weekend-long festival on May 30 and 31 at the Belmont Plateau will be headlined by 25-time Grammy award-winner Jay-Z and the Philadelphia-born hip hop group The Roots. Presale ...

Jay-Z will headline the 2026 Roots Picnic in Philadelphia alongside The Roots. The two-day festival will take place on May 30 and May 31 at a new venue, Belmont Plateau. This performance marks the ...

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The dental procedure is one of the most dreaded. Here are six of its most common causes. By Susan Shapiro Last fall, I was plagued by a mysterious string of toothaches. Several dental appointments and ...

In the fall of 1915, the foundations of physics began to crack. Einstein’s new theory of gravity seemed to imply that it should be possible to create and destroy energy, a result that threatened to ...

Thirty years ago today, the Roots went big with Do You Want More?!!!??!, their first album release on a major label. The DGC Records LP featured over an hour of music, with rap and jazz colliding ...