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The Roots Team Up With Live Nation Urban To Bring Roots Picnic Experience To L.A.
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The Big Climate Thing Festival, Set Next Month In NYC, Is Postponed To 2023
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Afropunk Returns To Brooklyn With Burna Boy, The Roots, Isaiah Rashad And More
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Live Nation Urban, Major Labels Celebrate Black Music Month
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Miami Beach Pop Launching With Chance The Rapper, Jack Johnson, Daddy Yankee
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Europe Lineup Roundup: Cardi B Confirmed For UK & German Wireless Festival
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The Roots To Perform At Governor’s ‘Moving Pennsylvania’ Celebration
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Bringing Down The House: When Iconic Venues Have To Face The Music
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It’s Prince With Strings When ‘4U: A Symphonic Celebration of Prince’ Launches In September
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Arrest Made In SXSW Roots Bomb Threat, Another Explosion Rocks City
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Dave Chappelle Hosting Roots Picnic
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Essence Festival Unveils Lineup
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Snoop Dogg To Lead Okeechobee’s PoWoW!
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The Urban Live Explosion: From Closed Doors to Open Arms
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The Urban Live Explosion: From Closed Doors to Open Arms
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