Questlove of the Roots (left) is set to join Jimmy Fallon (right) on "The Tonight Show." Johnny Nunez/WireImage When it was revealed the hip-hop band the Roots would be the house band for Jimmy ...

The audience roars and claps their hands manically; the band plays; the host tells jokes. This is the recipe for the late-night show that has worked for decades now. When Jimmy Fallon took over ...

When television historians look back on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," they will likely agree on one thing: hiring the hip hop group The Roots to be the house band was a genius move. How genius ...

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” may be synonymous with The Roots at this point, but Fallon wasn’t the first late night host to use the beloved band. That honor belongs to Stephen ...

Paul Shaffer and The World's Most Dangerous Band will fill in for the Roots on 'Jimmy Fallon' while Questlove and his crew attend the Grammys. × Skip to main content ...

Fans of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon were surprised earlier this month when The Roots, the show's longtime house band, were noticeably absent.. The hip-hop outfit, a staple of Fallon's ...

With due respect to Paul Shaffer and the Max Weinberg Seven, when Late Night With Jimmy Fallon premiered on March 2nd, the Roots instantly became the hottest band on late-night television.

JIMMY Fallon has hired hip-hop group The Roots as the house band for his new late-night show. The Roots, a popular six-man band from Philadelphia, were named by Rolling Stone to its list of the top… ...

Jimmy Fallon's knack for impersonating musicians (he's done Neil Young, Bruce Spingsteen and Bob Dylan, just to name a few) came in handy on Monday night's edition of the "Tonight Show.". When U2 ...

At The Disco frontman, 33, joined Jimmy Fallon and his house band The Roots for a cover of Queen and David Bowie's 1981 hit "Under Pressure," the video airing on Tuesday's episode of The Tonight ...