Black Thought of The Roots performs onstage during ONE Musicfest 2025 at Piedmont Park on October 25, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia.Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images.
Black Thought is showing the world what he likes to eat. The Roots frontman shared his daily routines with NY Mag, and revealed his workout and diet habits. He doesn’t list a lot of restrictive foods or obsessive workout routines; no, instead, he offers a glimpse into the kinds of foods he enjoys and his favorite restaurants–given his hectic lifestyle.
“I wake up and train around 5:30 a.m.” he explains in one entry. “Right now, I’m working out daily. It’s going to be a long, hot, exhausting summer with the annual Roots Picnic music festival, and I don’t want to also be in terrible shape and feeling bad. I follow my workout with three tablespoons of soursop sea-moss gel. I’m more likely to be health- and spirituality-conscious on a Monday or a Tuesday than I am on a Friday or Saturday. If you fall off course, there’s always the top of the next week to get back on point.”
While explaining when and why he likes to work out, he also shared that he’s a bit of a foodie who likes to eat well.
“After wrapping up, I go home and cook dinner for my family,” he shares. “At eight, we have double burgers on Italian rolls from Nicolo’s. The burgers are from Vacchiano Farm in New Jersey. They’re square, like Wendy’s, relatively thin, and really good. They also have the best turkey bacon on earth, and I’m glad I found Vacchiano Farm through the Saturday farmers’ market in Montclair.”
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It’s an interesting look at one of hip-hop’s most respected artists’ day-to-day life, and what he does to keep himself grounded.
“I get up early on Saturday mornings to try and sneak out to the farmers’ market alone so I can have the experience for myself. They open officially at around 9 a.m., but I like to pull up around 8 or 8:15, right as they’re setting up, with the last drops of dew on everything before it’s open to the public.“
