Okayplayer News 6.15.07

The Roots, Pharoahe Monch, Common, Erykah Badu, Chrisette Michele, Consequence, Amy W & Mos Def.
The Roots March to Manchester to slay the Dragon of Bonnaroo
• AT&T is streaming LIVE portions of this year’s Bonnaroo music festival including The Roots‘ performance tonight at 10pm.

• NYC: Pharoahe Monch has developed a reputation as one of hip-hop’s preeminent lyricists. Join him this Sunday for a performance at 3pm at the Apple Store in SoHo. His latest single “Body Baby” is available on iTunes.

• A week from today on June 29th, Pharoahe does it again at the Highline Ballroom with guests Black Milk, Polyrhythm Addicts, The Cool Kids..

• Common has teamed with Converse to be the face of Converse (PRODUCT) RED Weapon sneaker and will appear in the “Weapon of Change” advertising campaign. Converse will donate up to 15% of the net sales from Converse (PRODUCT) RED to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Read the full article on AllHipHop.

• Get the scoop on Common’s Finding Forever album, in stores July 31st, from the official press release.

• analoguegirl has made an appearance on the OkayArtist message boards replying to posters.

• Seems like EVERYBODY is talking about Chrisette Michele and her upcoming release I Am, in stores this coming Tuesday (June 16th). Are you in the know or will you be on the bandwagon later.

• Consequence has cleverly taken all 4 skits from his album and created live versions. “Yo Dex” is the 3rd of 4 comedy video skits from Don’t Quit Your Day Job.

• Check the video of Amy Winehouse and Mos Def performing “Love Is A Losing Game” in this clip from dailymotion.com.

…and have a great weekend!

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