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<p class="NoSpacing1" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">THE ROOTS</span></b><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="NoSpacing1" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HIP-HOP VISIONARIES MAKE WAVES DURING<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">THE 9<sup>th</sup> ANNUAL ‘ROOTS JAM SESSION’<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="NoSpacing1" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Talent from this week has already included a rich and diverse roster including everyone from: Ed Sheeran, Miguel, K Michelle, Laticia, YG, Cee-Lo,
Rae Sremmurd, Nico and Vinz<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="NoSpacing1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Legendary Roots Crew, have returned for the
<b>9th annual </b></span><a href="http://rootsjamsession.com"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ROOTS JAM SESSION</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> this week at the Hotel Café. The event, which has become a celebrated
tradition during awards season, has already included talent ranging from:</span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Ed Sheeran, Miguel, K Michelle, Laticia, YG, Cee-Lo, and Nico & Vinz.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The <i>series </i>of jams culminates tonight – the line-up including:
<b>Common, LeCrae, Lolawolf, Kool N The Gang, </b>and <b>Liv Warfield. </b></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Different from past jams, this year, the event has been much more intimate, taking place at the Hotel Café which accommodates
an audience of slightly larger than 100 people.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="NoSpacing1" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">By day, the music group has been taping the Tonight Show and by night, has been delivering legendary mash-ups and groundbreaking music.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">"The idea of shooting the Tonight Show all day, then playing all night at the jam sessions was daunting to say the least. However, these shows have been incredible, unparalleled energy. So far, it’s been
an amazing week” </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">said the Grammy-</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Award winning groups’ co-founder turned twitter celeb,<b> Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson</b>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="NoSpacing1" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Talent for the Jam this week has included:
<b>Will.i.am, Sevyn Streeter, Bilal, Goapole, Miguel, Marsha Ambrosius, </b>and <b>
Rae Sremmurd. </b>Last night, <b>K Michelle, Laetitia Sandler of Stereolab, TI, Ed Sheeran, YG, Cee-Lo, Jeremy Ellis
</b>and <b>Nico & Vinz </b>entertained guests with epic performances. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Said </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Roots Manager Shawn Gee, of Maverick</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">"It’s been an amazing week so far. Being able to see the young guys from Rae Sremmurd literally get bit by the live music bug on stage was great. I saw the same thing 15 years ago during rehearsals for MTV Unplugged, when
The Roots first played live w/ Jay Z, it’s a beautiful thing. Also the juxtaposition of seeing Ed Sheeran on stage, followed by YG or seeing Laetitia from Stereolab perform on the same stage as K Michelle and TI. I can¹t wait for tonight.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="NoSpacing1" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">About ‘The Roots Jam Session’</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">THE ROOTS JAM SESSION is the alternative to all of the other “stuffy” industry events that overwhelm the Hollywood scene during award season. This highly anticipated experience, is where artists and executives
get a chance to entertain be entertained, and get educated on important issues affecting our world. The stage show can be described as a who’s who in music performing in one continuous jam with the energy of the musical backing of The Roots!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="NoSpacing1" style="text-align:justify"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Roots</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> are
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Black Thought (MC), Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (drums), Kamal Gray (electronic keyboards), F. Knuckles (percussion), Captain Kirk Douglas (electronic guitar), Damon Bryson (sousaphone) and James Poyser
(electronic keyboard)</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.<b>
</b></span><a href="http://www.RootsJamSession.com"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">www.rootsjamsession.com</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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