Op, the Philadelphia rapper and Roots Crew member who co-founded Tali Up Boyz Records with late Malik B, has died.

One of hip-hop's best, most beloved, and longest-lasting groups is The Roots. These are three deep cuts from the group.

He is featured on the recording for the band's “Clones,” in which he trades verses about urban violence with principal Roots rapper Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and Dice Raw.

The Roots will headline a SummerStage show from "the heart of the city" -- Central Park -- on Friday night in NYC. For Roots rapper Black Thought, the pastoral pleasure of playing SummerStage in ...

A Nappy Roots rapper was robbed at gunpoint outside his Atlanta brewery Wednesday, police and the group said. Rapper Fish Scales, whose real name is Melvin Adams, was leaving Atlantucky Brewery, ...

Did you know that Randall Park, star of Netflix’s ill-fated sitcom Blockbuster, is also a strangely good rapper? This stems from his time in a rap groups in the LA underground during the ’90s, which ...

Hip-hop's pushing 30, and with the transition from youth to -- gasp -- being grown, comes the requisite navel-gazing. From movies like "Brown Sugar" to coffee-table picture books like "Who Shot Ya?" ...

Let this be a warning for rappers; you aren’t winning a fight with the cops. Ex-Nappy Roots rapper R. Prophet caught a vicious fade on 4/20 at the hands of Kentucky police and has shared graphic ...

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