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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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Nirvana's Kurt Cobain MTV Attack Letter Up For Auction

October 8, 2010
Nirvana's Kurt Cobain MTV Attack Letter Up For AuctionA letter written by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain attacking MTV is set to go up for auction.

The handwritten note is undated, but it is thought to have been written in 1993 – the same year Cobain gave an interview attacking the corporation.

It reads: "Dear Empty TV, the entity of all Corporate GODS. We will survive without you easily - the oldschool is going DOWN FAST. My lifes (sic) Dedication is Now to Do Nothing But SLAG something.”

The letter is signed: “Kurdt Kobaineee professional Rock musician."

The letter is part of an extensive collection of rock memorabilia set to go under the hammer inan online auction by Julien's Auctions.

Cobain, who along with Nirvana popularised grunge music in the early nineties, committed suicide in 1994.

(by Jason Gregory)



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