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Black Thought Roots Picnic 2019
Black Thought Roots Picnic 2019
Photo Credit: Vickey Ford of Sneakshot for Okayplayer

Watch Black Thought Casually Deliver a Ferocious Freestyle from the Comfort of His Home

The Roots MC gets busy in an Instagram Live session.

Black Thought and Sway linked under less than ideal circumstances this week.

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Each broadcasting from their respective corner of the internets, the longtime rap buddies took a moment to catch up in a recent Instagram Live session. But even in its abbreviated form, Sway's Universe revolves around bars. And so, after some personal updates (Thought detailing his at-home workflow, exchanging sketches with Salaam Remi from his newly-established in-house studio,) the Roots MC got to work. For two minutes and change, Thought was unhinged, delivering a batch of densely-stacked poetics as Sway and his daughter looked on in awe.

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Watch Black Thought chop it up with Sway below.