{"id":93751,"date":"2017-08-07T23:27:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T03:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=93751"},"modified":"2017-08-08T00:50:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T04:50:41","slug":"first-look-roots-bilal-perform-aint-fair-jimmy-fallons-tonight-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/08\/07\/first-look-roots-bilal-perform-aint-fair-jimmy-fallons-tonight-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roots &#038; Bilal Perform &#8220;It Ain&#8217;t Fair&#8221; On Jimmy Fallon&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show&#8221; (Watch Now)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Update:<\/b> The Roots and Bilal took the stage in the closing segment of Monday&#8217;s &#8220;Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They performed &#8220;It Ain&#8217;t Fair,&#8221; which appears on the soundtrack to &#8220;Detroit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A video of the performance and photos from the taping follow:<\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <iframe width=\"662\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3vJDBVJ2HeE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93752\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Bilal-Roots-Fallon-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93752\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON &#8212; Episode 0720 &#8211; &#8212; Pictured: (l-r) Bilal and Tariq \u0093Black Thought\u0094 Trotter of The Roots perform &#8220;It Ain&#8217;t Fair&#8221; on August 7, 2017 &#8212; (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky\/NBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Bilal-Roots-Fallon-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93753\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON &#8212; Episode 0720 &#8211; &#8212; Pictured: (l-r) Bilal and Mark Kelley, Tariq \u0093Black Thought\u0094 Trotter, and Kirk \u0093Captain Kirk\u0094 Douglas of The Roots perform &#8220;It Ain&#8217;t Fair&#8221; on August 7, 2017 &#8212; (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky\/NBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93754\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Bilal-Roots-Fallon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93754\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON &#8212; Episode 0720 &#8211; &#8212; Pictured: (l-r) Bilal with James Poyser and Tariq \u0093Black Thought\u0094 Trotter of The Roots perform &#8220;It Ain&#8217;t Fair&#8221; on August 7, 2017 &#8212; (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky\/NBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Aubrey-Plaza-Fallon-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93755\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON &#8212; Episode 0720 &#8211; &#8212; Pictured: (l-r) Actress Aubrey Plaza with host Jimmy Fallon during &#8220;Think Fast&#8221; on August 7, 2017 &#8212; (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky\/NBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Aubrey-Plaza-Fallon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93756\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON &#8212; Episode 0720 &#8211; &#8212; Pictured: (l-r) Actress Aubrey Plaza during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on August 7, 2017 &#8212; (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky\/NBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_93757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Jeff-Bridges-Fallon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93757\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON &#8212; Episode 0720 &#8211; &#8212; Pictured: (l-r) Actor Jeff Bridges during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on August 7, 2017 &#8212; (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky\/NBC)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n====<\/p>\n<p>In-house band The Roots has a presence on every episode of &#8220;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It has a special presence on Monday&#8217;s episode.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanied by Bilal, the band closes the show with a performance of &#8220;Detroit&#8221; 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