The official lineup for the 6th Annual Roots Picnic has been announced.
For this year’s event, taking place at Festival Pier at Penns Landing in Philadelphia on June 1st, ?uestlove and Black Thought have selected Naughty By Nature (who will be backed by The Roots), Grimes, Gary Clark Jr., Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Solange Knowles, Joey Bada$$, How to Dress Well, Sonnymoon, Jennah Bell, Trinidad Jame$, Robert Glasper, Lushlife, DJ Premier, Hit-Boy, The Gaslamp Killer and araabMUZIK.
“The hardest thing is catching acts that are just getting buzz so you can get them on the cusp,” ?uestlove told Billboard. “I thought instantly that Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were going to be poppin. And just on a hunch, I was like, ‘Alright.’ We hit them and they agreed. Sure enough, after the album came out, they just became unstoppable.”
Check the flier below.
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I’ve seen Naughty back in the 90s, can they still perform well?
They still got it. I saw them a couple of months ago in jersey.
I just saw Treach at a job fair yesterday, no BS so he definitely needs the work lol
^^^ Lol Dam that was cold…. I saw Treach like a week ago in East Orange lookin regular, dapped him up as usual. He still good in the hood though
And I saw Treach sucking my dick yesterday.
Nice recognition for Lushlife