Madonna performed a surprise concert Thursday evening in New York City's Times Square. The 15-minute pop-up concert coincided with the beginning of Pride Month and comes weeks before the release of ...

The iconic rapper performed at Belmont Plateau on May 30. By Armon Sadler Jay-Z reminded the world why he is one of the few “event artists” left in hip-hop this past weekend. The 56-year-old rapper ...

The legendary rapper performed at Philadelphia's Belmont Plateau on May 30. By Armon Sadler Where were you when Jay-Z headlined Roots Picnic 2026 on Saturday evening (May 30) at the Belmont Plateau in ...

There was a time when the Roots Picnic felt less like a music festival and more like a cookout. It was soulful, weird, creative, and undeniably Black. You came for the music, but you stayed for the ...

Researchers have rediscovered a long-lost Babylonian hymn from 1000 BCE, using artificial intelligence to piece together fragments scattered across the world. The hymn glorifies ancient Babylon’s ...

IT researchers have discovered a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that attackers can exploit to gain root privileges. The discoverers have named the vulnerability “Copy Fail.” Virtually all Linux ...

Jay-Z will headline the 2026 Roots Picnic in Philadelphia alongside The Roots. The two-day festival will take place on May 30 and May 31 at a new venue, Belmont Plateau. This performance marks the ...

Jay-Z is making his grand return to the stage for the first time in nearly a year with a headlining performance alongside the Roots at the Roots Picnic 2026. The rapper, who recently changed the ...

At the juncture where the French Quarter meets Treme, where the ramparts originally separated "back of town" from the rest of the city, is Congo Square, the birthplace of our cultural heritage."It's ...

For 2026, we’re not ghosting—we’re ghost roots-ing. So, we’re used to thinking about dyeing our hair—and focusing on our roots—as a corrective, routine treatment to cover gray hair. But there’s a dual ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Monty Python’s “Spamalot” is embarking on a quest to hit more than two dozen cities over the next nine months, and Cleveland is the first stop. Based on the cult comedy classic ...