Philadelphia-based rap/hip-hop group, The Roots, will be rocking Shippensburg University's campus Friday at a 10:30 p.m. concert.
The Roots' performance will be the highlight of Shippensburg's homecoming weekend, says Wes Yelley, concert chairperson and a junior at Shippensburg.
"They put on a wonderful show, usually anywhere from two to two and a half hours," says Yelley, who saw the group live at Franklin & Marshall College. The Roots "have a huge underground following. They never quite made it to stardom, but almost any group you talk to they'll say The Roots had some influence," Yelley says.
That's because The Roots have been part of the hip-hop music scene for nearly two decades. Their first major label album "Do You Want More?!!!??!," released in 1995, showed the group's musical philosophy of not using any samples or previously recorded material.
