WATCH: The Roots Perform at The All-Star Pre-Game Show

The Roots, the live band for The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon performed in the All-Star Game opening ceremony. They didn’t do this alone though. Actor Michael B. Jordan, Jidenna, Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs, DMC (of RUN DMC) and DJ Jazzy Jeff all contributed to the All-Star performance. Jazz, hip-hop, spoken word and more were on showcase as the performers paid tribute to All-Star games of years past.


The All-Star game taking place in New Orleans began their festivities Friday. There have been performances all weekend featuring Joey Bada$$, DJ Khaled, Travis Scott and more. Later tonight John Legend will be performing at the All-Star Game halftime show which is currently airing (February 19th 8pm) on TNT.