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The Roots Picnic, held yearly in Philadelphia since 2008, is a special kind of music festival. The lineup this year covered a wide spectrum of hip-hop and R&B, plus country, go-go, and more, with the Roots’ own omnivorous musicality as the guiding force. Daily crowds of 30,000 made the pilgrimage …

Scarface called in a favor for his NPR Tiny Desk debut. The rapper prepared a performance for the concert series with an eight-piece collective of musicians, but during rehearsals, decided to round out his crew with Mike Dean. All together, Scarface performed six songs, including “On My Block,” “Mary Jane,” …