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The Roots Are Working On Their 17th Studio Album 'End Game'
The Roots Are Working On Their 17th Studio Album 'End Game'

Watch The Roots Lead An NBA All-Star Game Musical And Player Introductions

The Roots Are Working On Their 17th Studio Album 'End Game'

The Rootsand the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical Hamilton have both done a lot torepresent hip-hop to disparate audiences, and they continued on Sunday night with a musical called "The Evolution of Greatness" at NBA All-Star Game.

After an introduction by Black Thought, Jidenna,Hamiltonand Blackish co-star Daveed Diggs,Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of Run-DMCandMichael B. Jordan, with DJing by DJ Jazzy Jeff, each took turns in a musical, honoring the greatest players in NBA history and chronicling the last 40 years of the sport. Each of the evening's rhymersthen came together for a final united stand to answer the question of who is the greatest.

After the musical itself, The Roots continued performing as Black Thought gave triumphant introductions for each of theNBA All-Stars players for the evening.

Watch videos from the musical and the player introductions below.