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Fat Joe to Appear at 10th Annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia

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Fat Joe is returning to his Roots…

The 46-year-old Puerto Rican and Cuban American rapper is among the performers confirmed for this year’s 10th annual Roots Picnic in Philadelphia.

Fat Joe

“Ten years ago this started as a concept, an idea, a conversation between me, Tarik (Black Thought), Ahmir (Questlove) and Rich (Nichols),” says Roots longtime manager and Maverick Management partner Shawn Gee of the milestone anniversary. “It’s amazing that it has grown into such a valued piece of the cultural landscape of our hometown of Philadelphia.”

Fat Joe, who was nominated for two Grammy Awards this year, will perform alongside Black Thought & J Period Live Mixtape, Mobb Deep and Scott Storch.

The festival, which will be headlined by Pharrell and The Roots, Lil Wayne and Solange, will again take place at Festival Piers at Penn’s Landing on June 3, 2017.

Other performers to grace the stage this year include 21 Savage, Kimbra, Khalid, Michael Kiwanuka and more.

Here’s the full line-up below.

10th Annual Roots Picnic lineup
Pharrell & The Roots
Lil Wayne
Solange
21 Savage
Kimbra
Black Thought & J Period Live Mixtape Featuring Fat Joe Mobb Deep Scott Storch
Thundercat
Virgil Abloh
Pete Rock
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
James Vincent McMorrow
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Gilles Peterson Featuring Mc Earl Zinger
Khalid
Michael Kiwanuka
DJ Spinna
PNB Rock
Tunji Ige
Anthony Somebody
DJ N.O.C.

Blacc & Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” is the Most Shazamed Song of All Time

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There’s no need to wake (me) up Aloe Blacc from this dream…

The 35-year-old Panamanian American singer-songwriter, who earned two NAACP Image Award nominations earlier this week, has made Shazam history.

Aloe Blacc

Blacc forms part of the most Shazamed song of all time. Avicii‘s hit “Wake Me Up” featuring Blacc’s vocals has collected more than 19 million queries on the music app to date.

Close behind is Robin Thicke‘s “Blurred Lines” with T.I. and Pharrell Williams with more than 18 million queries, Gotye‘s “Somebody That I Used to Know” featuring Kimbra with over 16 million, Passenger‘s “Let Her Go” with over 15 million, and Clean Bandit‘s “Rather Be” featuring Jess Glynne with over 14 million.

The numbers are now free to track, thanks to the music platform’s relaunch Wednesday. The app’s 100 million monthly mobile active users can now note the number of Shazams each song has ever had and whose music is next to join the new Hall of Fame.

Shazam’s Platinum Hall of Fame honorees — musicians whose tracks have collected more than 15 million queries — will receive a custom award designed and manufactured exclusively by Cristaux.

Additionally, users can also uninterruptedly stream their Rdio and Spotify playlists and charts from inside the app, and scroll through other exclusive content.