The Roots Artist Profile

The Roots

Current Rating: 4.2500/5

Real name: Tariq Luqmaan Trotter, Ahmir Khalib Thompson, Kamal Gray, Frank Walker, Kirk Douglas, Owen Biddle, Damon Bryson, Malik Abdul Basit-Smart, Rahzel M. Brown, Scott Spencer Storch, Ben Kenney, Kyle Jones, Karlos Jenkins, Leonard Hubbard
Artist name(s): Black Thought, ?uestlove, Kamal Gray, F. Knuckles, Captain Kirk Douglas, Owen Biddle, Damon Bryson, Malik B., Rahzel, Scott Storch, Ben Kenney, Scratch, Dice Raw, Hub
Label(s): Def Jam, Geffen Records, MCA
Place of birth: Philadelphia, PA, US
Website: www.defjam.com/site/artist_home.php?artist_id=605
Download The Roots Ringtones

The Roots Biography

The Roots are an influential, Grammy Award-winning American hip hop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, famed for a heavily jazzy sound and live instrumentation. They made their debut in 1993 and have gone on to collaborate with artists from a range of genres, such as Roy Ayers and Cody Chesnutt. Inspired by the "hip-hop band" concept pioneered by Stetsasonic, The Roots themselves...

» Read more on The Roots