Kendrick & Chance with Earth Wind & Fire (photo via Max)
Earth, Wind & Fire bassist Verdine White had never met Kendrick Lamar until he saw Lamar and Chance the Rapper at the side of the stage during their late-night set and the band invited them out to freestyle.
“I knew who he was, but it wasn’t planned,” White said afterwards. “We stayed up there — what — 90 minutes? We were only supposed to be up there 70 minutes. You know, you just go. You don’t think about it, you just keep going. He’s in the band right now.” [USA Today]
As the review quoted above points out, there was some generation-crossing collaboration going on at Bonnaroo yesterday (6/12) when veteran R&B/soul/funk band Earth Wind & Fire brought out rappers Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper during their set. You can check out a couple videos (via Pitchfork / Fake Shore Drive) below.
There was other generation crossing when Tears for Fears covered Radiohead’s “Creep” (not for their first time) at the festival. We don’t have a video of that at the moment, but we hear things got pretty emotional:
Tears for Fears are covering Radiohead's "Creep" and I'm crying.
— Diego Bermejo (@diegorbermejo) June 7, 2015
OH AND TEARS FOR FEARS PLAYED CREEP BY RADIO HEAD
it was an emotional experience for me
— abstruse☹ (@radically_rad) June 7, 2015
TEARS FOR FEARS ARE COVERING RADIOHEADS CREEP AND I AM CRYING. DON'T JUDGE ME! FEELS! #BONNAROOLIVE @Bonnaroo @tearsforfears
— Dan (@Crunchflyersfan) June 13, 2015
Bonnaroo continues today (6/13) with the Superjam, D’Angelo, Slayer, My Morning Jacket, Belle & Sebastian, Jamie xx, The War on Drugs, and more. If you’re not there, you can stream the festival live, right HERE. Check out a recap of Thursday too.
Videos of Earth Wind, Fire, Kendrick & Chance below…
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Uhhh just chance n Kendrick on stage w earth wind n fire .. No biggie #bonnaroo2015 pic.twitter.com/0Jkh255pYE
— SZA (@sza) June 13, 2015
kendrick lamar and chance the rapper join earth, wind and fire on stage at bonnaroo pic.twitter.com/NXZzGmmg7g
— illroots 4 the kids (@illroots) June 13, 2015