The Roots

Watch Migos and Jimmy Fallon Use Office Supplies to Perform 'Bad and Boujee'

By Cady Lang

Ed Sheeran and Jimmy Fallon Played Classroom Instruments and the Results Are Masterful

By Melissa Locker

Watch Paul McCartney, Scarlett Johansson and Seth MacFarlane Simply Having a 'Wonderful Christmastime'

By Melissa Locker

Watch the Creator of Super Mario Jam with The Roots on The Tonight Show

By Matt Peckham
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Here's The Only Game of Thrones Recap You Need

Rapped spoilers ahead

By Melissa Locker

Watch Questlove Tell the Epic Story of That Time He Was Fired by Prince

And replaced by Finding Nemo

By Megan McCluskey

Watch Adele, Jimmy Fallon, and The Roots Sing 'Hello' With Kindergarten Instruments

Think woodblocks and kazoos

By Nash Jenkins

Watch Philadelphia's Mayor Cover 'Rapper's Delight' with The Roots

Mic drop.

By Melissa Locker

Watch Ed Sheeran and The Roots Cover 'Trap Queen'

The English singer blesses the Internet with another unlikely cover

By Maya Rhodan

Watch Madonna and The Roots Play 'Holiday' on Classroom Instruments

Take a holiday, right in your cubicle

By Melissa Locker

Watch Jimmy Fallon Put a New Spin on "All About That Bass"

Entirely on classroom instruments

By Samantha Grossman

The Roots Watch Horror Version of 50 Shades of Grey Trailer

More like "50 Shades of Freaked Out"

By Melissa Locker

Nico & Vinz at The Tonight Show

TIME chats with the Afro-Norwegian duo, best known for their summer hit "Am I Wrong," before their performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

By Diane Tsai

Questlove on Iggy Azalea: 'Fancy' Is a 'Game-Changer'

The Roots' drummer talks Beyoncé, Sia and why "Fancy" is "a game-changer" for hip-hop

By Nolan Feeney

Hear the Roots' "When the People Cheer": The First Single Off Their New Album

Their new album is due out May 13 on Def Jam

By Melissa Locker

Watch Jimmy Fallon, Idina Menzel and The Roots Sing "Let It Go"

With instruments from a preschool classroom?

By Jessica Roy

Bring the Noise: 25 Years of Def Jam

What are the names that pop to mind when you think of '80s rap? The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, LL Cool J—all essential hip-hop artists, all signed to Def Jam Records. Half oral history, half photo portfolio, the coffee-table book Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label sketches out the tales of a record label that became one of the greatest forces in American pop culture.

By Marie Tobias
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