Nas, Jill Scott and Lil Wayne will headline Roots Picnic 2024. The annual throw down June 1-2 at The Mann in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia will feature Weezy celebrating the music of his hometown of New Orleans with Trombone Shorty and PJ Morton, plus other superstar collaborations including the Roots' Black Thought jamming with Method Man and Redman on a J. Period live mix, the Adam Blackstone Experience with Fantasia and Muni Long, and Go- Go Backyard Band with Scarface and Amerie.
Other acts set to take the stage include: Sexyy Red, Babyface, Wallo & Gillie, Wale, Robert Glasper and Yebba, Tyla, Cam'ron, Smino, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Marsha Ambrosius, October London, Funk Flex, Leon Thomas, Kenya Vaun, Julian King, BLK Odyssy and André 3000 performing selections from Flute's solo album No Rap New Blue Sun.
This year's event will also feature the Parkside Stage (formerly the Podcast Stage) hosting curated experiential media, live podcasts and DJ sets from Million Dollaz Worth of Game, R&B Only & U+ME+RNB to Tonight's Conversation, Juan Epstein Podcast. World Series of Spades and They Have the Range.
tickets for this year's event will go on sale from Tuesday (February 20) at 10am. ET here — with password ALUMN124 — followed by a general sale beginning Friday (Feb. 23) at 10 a.m. ET here.
Last year's Picnic featured sets from Usher & the Roots, Ms. Lauryn Hill — with a surprise Fugees reunion — as well as comedian Dave Chappelle, Lil Uzi Vert and more.
Check out the full lineup below.
from our partners at https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/2024-roots-picnic-lineup-1235610612/