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Watch Live As The Soulquarians: D.C. Pay Tribute to Common [LIVE STREAM]

Watch Live As The Soulquarians: D.C. Pay Tribute to Common [LIVE STREAM] Photo of The Soulquarians courtesy of Twitter.

Music lovers and '80s babies are students of this group of creatives known as the Soulquarians.

The artists you see pictured above were part of a wave in making soulful sounds, genius albums and redefining hip-hop and cemented their legacies as true innovators. All this is why today, Mar. 22, is a cause to celebrate as Jamal Gray and the multimedia arts collective, CMPVTR CLVB, are celebrating the Okayfuture-esque group in a free concert titled The Soulquarians: D.C. Pays Tribute to Common.

Livestreamed on Okayplayer.com at 5:30 p.m. EST, the event will honor the cultural impact and influences of this early 2000s group, which comprised of artists such as Erykah BaduQ-TipThe RootsJ DillaBilalCommon and more.

Check it all out in the live stream video below:

This performance is a part of a series of events that will take place between the Kennedy Center and Okayplayer March 21st and 22nd. Check out the full schedule of events below:

March 21, 6 p.m. EST: KING Live from the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage watch the recap here.

March 21, 8:30 p.m. EST: A live stream of an interactive conversation between Common and poet, educator, playwright and screenwriter, Chinaka Hodge, about the role of artists in a time of transformation. Revisit the conversation here.

March 22, 5:30 p.m. EST: Tune into Okayplayer.com to watch as the Soulquarians: D.C. Pay Tribute to Common.

March 22, 8:00 p.m. EST: The grand finale as we collaborate with TIDAL to bring you TIDAL X: Common & The National Symphony Orchestra presented by Okayplayer and Kennedy Center.