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The Roots x M.I.A. Perform "Come Walk With Me" On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.

M.I.A. brought the ruckus to the set of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon this past evening/early morning, enlisting The Roots in a pulse-shaking rendition of her anthemic pop reduction "Come Walk With Me" to celebrate the fresh release of her Matangi LP. This performance was rather tame compared to what we saw from the contentious Sri Lankan songstress in the disorienting LED tunnel display she dawned on us at the one-off music video treatment of this very same track just last week at the YouTube Music Awards (not to mention dialing in Wikileaks head-honcho Julian Assange to open a show days prior to that) However the up-tempo glitch-sample bump of her composition was enough to keep drummer ?uestlove on his feet throughout the entirety of the performance; a truly rare sight. Check out the Roots-assisted destroyer-of-all-club anthems below and go cop Matangi ASAP.