The Roots perform at Loyola on Friday
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers The Roots’ upcoming concert at Loyola College.
- The paper reported that Loyola’s Student Government Association was presenting The Roots and that the group would perform Friday, Nov. 7, with doors opening at 8:30 p.m. and the concert starting at 9 p.m.
- The article says The Roots had seven members, including rappers Black Thought and Malik B., drummer ?uestlove, and keyboardist-guitarist Kamal.
- The reporter writes that the group’s album *Phrenology* had been released a few months earlier and had since gone platinum.
- The paper reported that The Roots won a 1999 Grammy for Best Rap Group or Duo and later became the first hip-hop performers at Avery Fisher Hall.
- According to the article, tickets cost $22, with some still available through Ticketmaster or the listed phone number.