The Roots have announced their A Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95 A Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95 will return to the iconic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 8th, 2025.

A social media post read: ““Just Announced! A Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95 celebrates one of hip-hop’s biggest years, with @theroots performing and backing @LilKim, @methodman & @therealredman, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (@BTNHLive), and more. Be there June 8. More here: https://bit.ly/HB25TRP””

The one-night-only concert special will feature A-list talent who made hip-hop history in 1995, including: Method Man & Redman, Lil’ Kim, E-40, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Raekwon, DJ Quik, Goodie Mob, Havoc of Mobb Deep and more. The Roots will headline A Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95 and serve as the backing band for all guest performances.

The Roots’ Questlove shares: “Well: 1995 was our true arrival. 1987 was the Year of the Creative Adhesive, the year that tied together Tariq’s world and my world in high school, and 1991 was the Year of the Green Light, the year we gave ourselves permission to take our resources and passion and pursue our dream. But 1995? That was the Year It All Came Together, the year when our first major release, “Do You Want More?!!!??!” was sent into the world. Hip-hop was an entirely new ballgame back then, on an entirely new playing field. Those were the days when there were still things like mainstream terrestrial radio, bloated video budgets, and creativity at both the regional and the global levels. Those were the days that produced classic album after classic album, unleashing countless new ideas about art. Those were the days when the world was our oyster. This is the story of those days,” 

Tickets for A Roots Picnic Experience: Class of ’95  are on sale now at hollywoodbowl.com.

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