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Michelle Obama will be co-hosting a virtual iteration of Roots Picnic, the annual music festival held by the Roots in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park. After initially canceling the in-person event this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, festival organizers have announced a new lineup for the virtual livestream that includes SZA, …

The Roots‘ Black Thought channeled his inner Justin Timberlakeon Tuesday’s Tonight Show, performing a Bruce Willis-themed freestyle in the actor’s presence. The rapper-singer laughed at himself as he belted in a higher-than-usual range, with the band mimicking the elastic funk-pop of “Can’t Stop the Feeling.” “If you wrote a song …