Discover the vibrant culture and advocacy at the Roots Picnic 2025 in Philadelphia, celebrating Black music, unity and ...

Lenny Kravitz, The Roots, and Meek Mill helped deliver a much improved time at the Picnic which ended with the crowds rapping ...

Despite weather-related chaos, the annual Philly festival delivered unforgettable performances and cultural moments.

Doors at 7 p.m. 248-858-9333 or thecrofoot.com. • Brooklyn singer Laila! (nee Smith), who’s the daughter of rapper Mos Def, brings her first tour to town at the Pike Room in the Crofoot ...

This wunderkind also happens to be the daughter of lauded East Coast rhymer Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def. But Laila! has another vocalist from a famous family on her mind when we speak ...

On the first night, I join the crowd during the middle of Laila!’s set ... The “Not My Problem” singer (who’s also Mos Def’s ...

Also featured: British singer Elmiene, Philly rising stars Kur and Lay Bankz, DJ Aktive with Raheem DeVaughn and Diamond Kuts, and Brooklyn singer Laila!, who is the daughter of Yasiin Bey, the rapper ...

Yeah, I know. Laila! isn’t technically rap. But I had to include the daughter of rap legend Mos Def on this list. Her debut project, “Gap Year!” impressed and is a good stepping stone for ...

In addition to Dillane, Nets players Nic Claxton and Jalen Wilson star in the creative, alongside musician, Laila! (daughter of iconic Brooklyn rapper, Mos Def), and Brooklyn Borough President ...

Mos Def was one of those cats. From the opening bars, “From the first to the last of it, delivery is passionate, the whole and not the half of it, vocab and not the math of it …,” I felt ...