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Backstreet Boys join Jimmy and The Roots to perform their hit 'I Want It That Way' with classroom instruments. Watch the clip below!

Ariana Grande joins Jimmy and The Roots to perform 'No Tears Left to Cry' with Nintendo Labo instruments. Each instrument is made from only cardboard and a Nintendo Switch and is being played live. 

Billboard-charting recording artist violinist Chelsey Green and her band The Green Project will make their Washington Performing Arts main stage debut on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 8pm at Sixth & I. Tickets are $25 at washingtonperformingarts.org. Chelsey tears down all stereotypes of the violin and viola by fusing traditional classical technique with popular favorites and enticing original songs in various genres, including R&B, pop, soul, funk, jazz, alternative, hip hop, gospel and more.

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts is honored to announce that Philadelphia artists, including Center City Jazz Festival Creative Director Ernest Stuart, will join the traveling troupes from Transe Express and STREB during the 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA). Various local dancers and actors will join Ernest Stuart during the World Premiere of Transe Express's Cristal Palace, direct from France, on the banks of the Schuylkill River June 1-10, 2018. West Philadelphia native DJ Matthew Law will add his party rocking musical stylings to the Philadelphia Premiere of STREB's SEA (Singular Extreme Actions) June 5-7, 2018 in the Perelman Theater.

Black Panther's Letitia Wright and The Roots' Black Thought take turns working three random words they've never seen before into a freestyle rap (plus a surprise freestyle from Jimmy Fallon). Watch the clip below!

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced Questlove: Creative Quest, a one-night-only discussion and book signing event on April 28. Questlove-musician, bandleader, designer, producer, culinary entrepreneur, professor, founding Kennedy Center Hip Hop Culture Council member, and all-around cultural omnivore-will discuss his new book (released on April 24) and share his thoughts on the topics of creativity, inspiration, and originality with special guest Sanford Biggers, visual and interdisciplinary artist and moderator Ben Greenman (co-author, Mo' Meta Blues).

Jimmy Fallon and Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter from The Roots just announced they'll be visiting Philadelphia on Tuesday, April 17and want to try a home-cooked meal from one lucky family. Fans can send an e-mail to SurpriseDinnerParty@TonightShow.com before Sunday, April 8 with a special recipe and why they'd like to host Jimmy and Tarik.

Genre defying R&B/Soul goddess Deva Mahal is set to release her much-anticipated debut album Run Deep on March 23 via Motéma Music, fresh off the success of her self-titled introductory EP. Run Deep was produced by Scott Jacoby (Vampire Weekend, José James, Coldplay), with two tracks produced by Jarrett Wetherell (Beyonce/FKA Twigs). The album is available to pre-order now with the track 'It's Down to You' available as an instant grat.

The six-part original series, AMC Visionaries: James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction, executive produced by legendary director James Cameron, is a uniquely intimate insiders' look at the sci-fi genre.

The Soul Rebels were the musical guest on last night's Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Watch them perform '504' with Jon Batiste and Stay Human below!

After releasing the video for 'Wrote My Way Out' last week, featuring Nas, Dave East, and Aloe Blacc, HAMILTON creator Lin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter this morning to share a remix, featuring  Royce Da 5'9', Black Thought, and rapper Joyner Lucas.

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Camila Cabello joined Jimmy and The Roots in the Tonight Show Music Room to perform her international hit 'Havana' with classroom instruments

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Anna Kendrick joined Darlene Love, Jimmy and The Roots in the Tonight Show Music Room to perform 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' with classroom instruments.

The following are honoree, presenter, performer and production credits for THE 40TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, an entertainment special to be broadcast Tuesday, Dec. 26 on the CBS Television Network at 9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT. The event was filmed in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017

Black Violin is coming to the Marcus Center's Uihlein Hall for one night only today, October 28 at 7:30 pm.

Hip-hop meets classical violin when the nationally-acclaimed band, Black Violin, plays the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall today, October 17, 2017 at 7:30 PM. 

The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced today that tickets for Black Violin will go on sale Friday, September 29 at 10 a.m. Classically trained violist and violinist Wil B. and Kev Marcus, Black Violin, will perform at 9:45 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2018 at Strauss Square in the downtown Dallas Arts District.

AMC announced today that AMC VISIONARIES: ROBERT KIRKMAN'S SECRET HISTORY OF COMICS will premiere as a two-night television event starting on Sunday, November 12th at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT, followed by a second episode onMonday, November 13th at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, in its regular time slot.

AMC has announced from the Television Critics Association (TCA) Press Tour that it will be producing a year-round documentary series AMC VISIONARIES, partnering with prolific artists to unveil the untold stories and fascinating histories of pop culture genres from the masters themselves.

Hip-hop meets classical violin when the nationally-acclaimed band, Black Violin, plays the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 7:30 PM.