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The Roots
The Roots


Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Jazz
Soul
Rock
Funk
Years active 1987—present
Label(s) Def Jam Recordings
Geffen Records
Interscope Records
Island Def Jam Music Group
MCA Records
DGC Records
Website Website
Members
Black Thought
Questlove
Kamal Gray
F. Knuckles
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson
Owen Biddle
Former members
Ben Kenney
Kenyatta "Kid Crumbs" Warren
Josh "Rubberband" Abrams
Malik B.
Rahzel
Scott Storch
Martin Luther
Scratch
Dice Raw
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Kanye West And Estelle, Taylor Swift And Miley Cyrus To Play Together At Grammys

February 3, 2009
Kanye West And Estelle, Taylor Swift And Miley Cyrus To Play Together At GrammysUS rapper Kanye West and British singer Estelle will join forces at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles this weekend.

The pair are expected to perform their Grammy-nominated collaboration 'American Boy' at the ceremony.

Miley Cyrus and recent US number one Taylor Swift will also perform together, according to the Grammy Awards Twitter page.

Meanwhile, Sheryl Crow, Craig Ferguson, Al Green, Jay Mohr, Queen Latifah, and T-Pain will all present awards.

As previously reported, Lil' Wayne leads this year's Grammy nominations with eight, while Coldplay have seven and US rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z have six each.

Other performances at the event will come from Sir Paul McCartney, Radiohead, U2 and Coldplay.

The Grammy Awards will be broadcast live from the Los Angeles’ Staples Center on February 8th.

(by Jason Gregory)



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