The Roots

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Believe it or not, the Notorious B.I.G. and The Roots had beef back in the days. Unfortunately, the Philadelphia group couldn't patch things up with the late rapper before his untimely death in March 1997. Drummer Questlove detailed his Biggie story during an episode of the Juan Epstein podcast.

For the first 16 Bars LIVE event, we enlisted Black Thought of the legendary Roots crew. Renown as one of the best technical MCs ever, Thought got a chance to show off his virtuosity with a high-energy set inspired by the music of James Brown.

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 died. 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.

A good rapper can rap about anything. Black Thought of the Roots proves this on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.' The talented MC took on an unlikely hip-hop subject Wednesday night (June 18) -- spitting about boy wizard Harry Potter.

As we swerve into the summer we look at the hottest hip-hop songs of the year thus far.

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.