Justin Timberlake reprised his famous “History of Rap” skit during his appearance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” While promoting his new movie Friends with Benefits, the pop superstar joined Jimmy and The Roots as he rapped and danced along to a medley of past and present hip-hop hits including Kurtis Blow’s “The Breaks,” Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It,” Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby,” Cypress Hill’s “Insane in the Brain,” DMX’s “Party Up (Up in Here),” Nelly’s “Hot in Herre,” 50 Cent’s “In Da Club,” OutKast’s “Hey Ya,” Lil Wayne’s “A Milli,” and Rick Ross’ “B.M.F.”

Did he top himself? Watch Part 2 below.

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They made noise with their viral covers of Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now” (18 million views) and Lil Wayne’s “6 Foot 7 Foot,” now YouTube duo Karmin puts its spin on Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday hit “Super Bass” with some help from The Roots’ ?uestlove and Owen Biddle. Lead singer Amy sings and raps while strumming guitar while Nick plays piano and provides additional vocals. Listen to their fresh take on the song and let us know what you think.

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Jennifer Hudson sat down with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday’s “Late Night.” The towering diva spoke about the Met Gala, her album cover, and getting her start singing at weddings and funerals, where she always performed the gospel hymn “His Eye Is on the Sparrow.” She then belted out “No One Gonna Love You” from her new album I Remember Me with some help from The Roots.

J-Hud will return to the show next week to perform a cover of Bob Marley & The Wailers’s “No Woman, No Cry.”

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The Lonely Island rounded up Akon and The Roots to perform their raunchy comical sensation “I Just Had Sex” at the inaugural Comedy Awards. The “SNL” funnymen pulled out all the stops with dancers, pyro, and even a choir. Their sophomore album Turtleneck & Chain, which also includes appearances from Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, drops May 10. Laugh it up with the fellas below.

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Following the leak of Nicki Minaj’s Lil’ Kim diss, ?uestlove has provided an interesting take on the rap divas’ battle. The Roots drummer believes their war of words is actually a way of showing love and if Nicki really hated Kim, she would have acted like she never existed instead of firing back. He encourages the “love fest” to continue as long as it remains on wax.

Read his commentary below and see if you agree.

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Christmas came to “Late Night” as The Roots performed a beautiful rendition of “The Christmas Song” on Tuesday’s show. Black Thought, sounding like a modern day Nat King Cole, provided vocals while the rest of the Grammy-winning band dressed in matching festive attire.

“This one is for the historybooks,” tweeted ?uestlove. “Why HAVEN”T we sung more on our albums?”

Watch Jimmy Fallon’s house band make the season bright.

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A downpour of rain didn’t stop die-hard New Yorkers from attending the Hennessy Artistry finale Thursday night at posh hotspot Cipriani. Hosted by raptress Eve, The Roots headlined the event, which brought a mix of legends to the stage. Before the evening’s stars grabbed the mic, DJ D-Nice spun old-to-new school hip-hop tunes and everything in between.

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Eve surprised the crowd this past weekend at the Hennessy Artistry event at Miami’s Ice Palace. While headlining the night with a full set, The Roots brought out guests including Bobby Brown, Q-Tip, Kat DeLuna, and Daniel Merriweather, but shocked attendees when Eve waltzed out to perform her verse from their classic collabo “You Got Me,” which featured Merriweather filling in for Erykah Badu.

Rocking a tan blazer over a bikini top, the former First Lady of the Ruff Ryders graced the place with renditions of “Who’s That Girl?” (video below), “What Y’all Want,” and “Tambourine,” dominating as she catwalked across the stage. E-V-E closed out her brief set with “Let Me Blow Ya Mind.” Mission accomplished.

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