Lil Wayne Leads The Lineup For The Roots Picnic

(Radio.com) For ten years, the Roots have curated the Roots Picnic, a Philadelphia festival at historic Penn's Landing. To celebrate a decade of live music, the hip-hop visionaries have booked an all-star lineup that includes Lil Wayne, Pharrell, and more.

The Roots themselves will appear with top-billed headliner Pharrell while acts like Kimbra and 21 Savage round out the lineup. The day-long festival is scheduled for Saturday, June 3rd

Also, the Roots' Black Thought will perform a live mixtape with Fat Joe, Mobb Deep, J. Period and Scott Storch. 'Ten years ago this started as a concept, an idea, a conversation between me, Tarik (Black Thought), Ahmir (Questlove) and Rich (Nichols)," said the Roots' manager and co-creator of Roots Picnic, Shawn Gee. "It's amazing that it has grown into such a valued piece of the cultural landscape of our hometown of Philadelphia." See a full lineup here.

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Lil Wayne Leads The Lineup For The Roots Picnic

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