Black Thought News

Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Wanda Sykes, W. Kamau Bell and others discuss Gregory’s paradigm-shifting significance on the art of comedy and culture. The film features original music by Black Thought of the Grammy® award winning hip-hop band The Roots.

The last single “Out of Touch” received an overwhelmingly positive response by media and fans alike and was picked up by Brooklyn Vegan, Exclaim!, Strombo, KEXP, American Songwriter and many more.

The shorts will feature music by Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson and Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter of the GRAMMY Award®-winning musical group The Roots, who are executive producing through their Two One Five Entertainment production company alongside Latoya Raveneau.

The groundbreaking DJ/Producer will make his late night television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performing “All In Your Head” with Black Thought, Tiffany Gouché with narration by Dave Chappelle tonight May 12 @ 11:35/10:35c on NBC. 

In addition, last Friday, the renowned Brooklyn-based DJ J. Period released “Globetrottin,” a brand-new song featuring Shad and Masego. “Globetrottin” is a playful storytelling track on J. Period’s EP, which also features Black Thought, Dave Chappelle, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and a host of others.

J.PERIOD’s past work includes collaborations with music royalty (The Roots, Q-Tip, Mary J. Blige, John Legend), a Billboard #1 for The Hamilton Mixtape, a landmark role as Music Supervisor for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, and a founding seat on The Kennedy Center’s Hip Hop Culture Council.

Back by popular demand, Memphis rapper Tyke T releases his next hit 'Lottery'. Leaving the decision to his dedicated following, Tyke T's fans voted for 'Lottery' when asked what single he should drop next.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced plans for its 50th Anniversary season, slated to begin in September 2021 with a grand reopening of its stages and campus and culminate in September 2022 with a fresh interpretation of the seminal work that opened the Center in 1971, Leonard Bernstein’s MASS.

Led by MC Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the Philadelphia rap crew are going back to where it began.

The full-list of nominees for the 52nd NAACP Image Awards were announced today in a special virtual event on NAACP Image Awards’ Instagram channel hosted by Tony-award winning actress and singer Anika Noni-Rose, actress and singer Chloe Bailey, actress Erika Alexander, actor, dancer, and choreographer Nicco Annan, and actor and singer TC Carson.

Public Enemy’s single “GRID” featuring Cypress Hill and George Clinton is a post-apocalyptic view of the world after it collapses into a technological desert after the “grid goes down” and, today, the legendary group shares the official video for the track.

R&B powerhouse PJ recruits Flo Milli for her latest offering “Element (Remix).” The remix is available at all DSPs and streaming services today.

Westbrook Media and Snap Inc. today announced Will Smith’s wildly popular original series Will From Home is set to return for a second season.

Feature documentary 40 YEARS A PRISONER, debuting TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 (9:00-10:50 p.m. ET/PT), chronicles one of the most controversial shootouts in American history: the 1978 police raid on the radical, back-to-nature group MOVE by the Philadelphia Police Department.

Public Enemy, Beastie Boys’ Mike D and Ad-Rock along with Run-DMC get animated in the new video for “Public Enemy Number Won,” which also features archival concert posters, footage and more.

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” has delivered the #1 most-social broadcast late-night talk-show airing of the past week, with 634,000 Total Interactions.

HBO's BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, a gripping adaption of the New York Times #1 bestselling book by Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Apollo stage performance of the same name, debuts SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Musical guest Common performs 'Say Peace' featuring Black Thought & PJ for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON' has announced its guest line up for November 3 – 10.

Musical guest Black Thought performs 'Nature of the Beast/Quiet Trip' with Portugal. The Man and The Last Artful, Dodgr for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.