This one is poised to become one of the best things to do in L.A. in 2025: Iconic hip-hop band the Roots announced a special June 8, 2025 show named “A Roots Picnic Experience: The Class of ’95” that will feature an all-star lineup of acts, including Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, DJ Quik, E-40, Goodie Mob, Lil’ Kim, Method Man and Redman, among others that are still to be announced. The Roots will serve as the backing band during all the performances. Set to take over the Hollywood Bowl this upcoming summer, this will be the Tonight Show house band’s second Roots Picnic event in L.A.: Last year, the likes of Common and Queen Latifah joined the Roots on stage during the “Hip-Hop is the Love of My Life” event. “Well: 1995 was our true arrival,” drummer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson said in an official statement. “Nineteen eighty-seven was the Year of the Creative Adhesive, the year that tied together Tariq’s world and my world in high school, and 1991 was the Year of the Green Light, the year we gave ourselves permission to take our resources and passion and pursue our dream. But 1995? That was the Year It All Came Together, the year when our first major release, Do You Want More?!!!??! was sent into the world. Hip-hop was an entirely new ballgame back then, on an entirely new playing field. Those were the days when there were still things like mainstream terrestrial radio, bloated video budgets and creativity at both the regional and the global levels. Those were the days that produced classic album after classic album, unleashing countless new ideas about art. Those were the days when the world was our oyster. This is the story of those days.” Basically a musical trip down memory lane, the band’s Roots Picnic events have been a staple on the scene since 2008, when they first set up in their native Philadelphia. Since then, they have expanded to other cities. Tickets to next year’s experience in L.A. are currently on sale right here.