Prayers are in order as it is being reported that Hip Hop’s first band ‘The Roots’ founding member singer/rapper Malik B has passed away at the young age of 47. The native Philadelphia, Grammy Award winning band ‘The Roots’ appears week nights on the legendary ‘The Tonight Show’ hosted by Jimmy Fallon, led by Questlove. […]
Jimmy Fallon has run afoul of Prince fans after performing a cover of “Let’s Go Crazy” at Thursday’s “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” with devotees of the late icon accusing the late night host of purple blasphemy. Fallon and his “Tonight Show” band, The Roots – themselves die-hard Prince fans – dressed up in purple scarves to perform the track atop […]
The R&B songstress sang a jazzy version of "What About Us".
We never thought that hip-hop would take it this far. Q-Tip stood silently for a few seconds to embrace the overall significance of the moment. Standing behind a podium in the East Room of the White House, Q-Tip never imagined that his mastery of rap lyrics and music would take him this far. But […]
Phil Collins and The Roots brought the house down on Jimmy Fallon last night performing “In The Air Tonight” live. Classic FIRE!!! Check out the video below:
BET delivered on their promise to rightly honor the Purple One
All eyes will be fixed on the BET Awards later this month where an epic tribute to Prince is planned. Fans will be treated to a performance by D’Angelo, The Roots, Janelle Monae, and collaborator and long-time friend to The Purple One, drummer Sheila E. In a press release, the network said that “star-studded moments, […]
Andra Day inked a partnership with Coca-Cola and McDonalds, were her picture will grace the cups of 40 million cups at McDonalds. Interestingly enough when I posted the story on social media, more than a few made the comment “Who is Andra Day?”. I was surprised by the response. Although I’m a music fan of […]
http://www.egotripland.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/a-tribe-called-quest-can-i-kick-it-live-on-the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon-video-2.jpg By BridgetEE Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of their debut album “People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm” A Tribe Called Quest reunited on Jimmy Fallon to perform live together for the first time in over 15 years. The group will also be re-releasing their debut album with remixes of “Bonita Applebum” with Pharrell […]
By BridgetEE Here’s what I wanna know. Matter of fact if I ever, I mean ever got a chance to interview. No, No, No, just meet Jill Scott, after I say hello (cause you gotta display manners :) ) I have just one BURNING question that has been driving me absolutely nuts. Sometimes when I go […]
Rich Nichols, the legendary manager and producer behind Hip-Hop/Funk band The Roots, has died after a long battle with leukemia. He was 55 years old. Billboard reports: Nichols,…
Dave Chappelle Stopped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to promote his upcoming comedy show in NYC. While he was there he talked…