This year’s edition of The Roots Picnic festival in Philadelphia has announced its line-up. Headlining the two-day music event on 1-2 June will be Lil Wayne with The Roots, Jill Scott, and Nas. André 3000 will perform a special set in support of his recently released debut solo LP ‘New Blue Sun’. Other acts include Gunna, Victoria Monét, Sexyy Red, Babyface, Wale, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Cam’ron, Funk Flex, and more. Various collaborations will also take place such as Fantasia and Muni Long teaming up with Adam Blackstone and Scarface while Amerie plays with the Backyard Band.
The festival will take place at The Mann in Fairmount Park. General tickets will go on sale from Friday 23 February at 10am local time. In other news, Questlove previously shared his thoughts on André 3000’s comeback album, describing it as “good medicine”. Winning three Grammys at this year’s ceremony was Victoria Monét
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