The Roots Returning To Hollywood Bowl With All-Star ‘95 Hip-Hop Celebration
The lineup features Redman & Method Man, Lil’ Kim, Raekwon and more.
By Nate Todd Dec 10, 2024 • 11:40 am PST
The Roots will return to the Hollywood Bowl in 2025 with a staggering lineup for their A Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95. The concert taking place in Los Angeles on June 8 will see performances from hip-hop greats such as Method Man & Redman, Raekwon and more.
The Roots will headline Class of ’95 and will act as the backing band for the performers. Also on the bill are Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Lil Kim, DJ Quik, E-40, Goodie Mob and Havoc of Mobb Deep.
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The Roots brought their acclaimed Roots Picnic, a festival the band founded in their hometown of Philadelphia, to the West Coast for the first time earlier this year with their Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life event. They’re back in 2025 with Class of ’95, which The Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson detailed:
“Well: 1995 was our true arrival. Nineteen eighty-seven was the Year of the Creative Adhesive, the year that tied together Tariq’s world and my world in high school, and 1991 was the Year of the Green Light, the year we gave ourselves permission to take our resources and passion and pursue our dream. But 1995? That was the Year It All Came Together, the year when our first major release, Do You Want More?!!!??! was sent into the world. Hip-hop was an entirely new ballgame back then, on an entirely new playing field. Those were the days when there were still things like mainstream terrestrial radio, bloated video budgets, and creativity at both the regional and the global levels. Those were the days that produced classic album after classic album, unleashing countless new ideas about art. Those were the days when the world was our oyster. This is the story of those days.”
Tickets for A Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95 are on sale tomorrow (Wednesday, December 11) at 10 a.m. PT.
Find more show and ticket info below.
