Black Thought and Your Old Droog feature on Madlib's new track, "REEKYOD." Mathieu Bitton/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Black Thought of The Roots performs during Philly Fights Cancer on May 20, 2023. Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Philly Fights C hide caption
'Music was there for me when I needed it,' The Roots co-founder Tariq Trotter says
Kara Jackson's Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? is on our shortlist of the best albums out April 14. Lawrence Agyei/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Immanuel Wilkins' album The 7th Hand tops WRTI editorial director Nate Chinen's album list this year. Courtesy of Blue Note Records/NPR hide caption
Danger Mouse (right) & Black Thought (left) Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Danger Mouse & Black Thought on World Cafe
Black Thought and producer Danger Mouse define a new lane for the rapper on the collaborative album Cheat Codes. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Bella Poarch's debut EP Dolls is on our shortlist of the best releases out on Aug. 12. Marcelo Cantu hide caption
Tariq Trotter portrays a scientist who has invented a machine that can turn Black people white in the off-Broadway musical Black No More. Monique Carboni/The New Group hide caption
Questlove and Black Thought are executive producers on the new series of animated musical shorts Rise Up, Sing Out. Disney hide caption
Sofía Valdés' song "Handful of Water" is featured in February's edition of Heavy Rotation. Val Schnack/Courtesy of Warner Records hide caption
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Black Thought On World Cafe
Black Thought. His latest, Streams of Thought Vol. 3: Cane & Able, tops our shortlist of the best albums out on Oct. 16. Joshua Woods/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Black Thought plays a Tiny Desk Home concert. NPR/NPR hide caption
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Black Thought's "Rest in Power." YouTube hide caption
Mumu Fresh performs a Tiny Desk Concert on June 22, 2018 (Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR). Morgan Noelle Smith/NPR hide caption
Black Thought reflects on his 30-year career with his debut solo project, Streams of Thought Vol. 1. Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images hide caption
Black Thought of The Roots is ready for his close-up with the release of Streams Of Thought, Vol. 1. Nickolai Hammar/NPR hide caption
Black Thought's latest freestyle reinforces the art of lyrical acrobatics in hip-hop. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images hide caption