Black Thought Writing And Directing Immersive Hip-Hop Movie

The Roots crew continues to broaden its footprint into multimedia tasks. This time, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, The Roots frontman and co‑founding father of Two One 5 Leisure with Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, is helming the mission. He’ll be writing and directing an immersive movie centered round “hip-hop’s soul.” The mission, co-produced by Questlove, Stay Nation City head Shawn Gee, and Not possible Artistic, makes use of its 360-degree WonderRoom platform to carry audiences inside seminal moments of hip-hop tradition.

It’s anticipated to premiere in spring 2026 in New York Metropolis.

“I’m grateful to Not possible Artistic for entrusting me with their know-how in bringing my newest mission to the world,” Trotter mentioned in a press release. “Hip hop has a wealthy and exquisite historical past, and by creating an area the place audiences play a job and bodily reside out its biggest moments, the potential for a greater understanding of the style and its roots will increase considerably.”

Raised in Philadelphia, Trotter co‑based The Roots with Thompson in 1993. From their second and breakthrough album, Do You Need Extra? they gained accolades for mixing reside instrumentation and socially aware lyrics, finally changing into the home band for The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Although Thompson has raced forward with inventive tasks together with profitable an Oscar in 2022 for the Summer time of Soul documentary, Trotter has earned 5 Grammys (two solo and three with The Roots) and credit as a producer, actor and author, together with the 2023 memoir The Upcycled Self and starring in and writing the music for the Off-Broadway play Black No Extra.