On Sunday night (June 8), The Roots united veteran emcees for a showcase of Hip-Hop culture for The Roots Presents: Class Of ’95 at the 2025 BET Experience. For the second year in a row, The Roots Picnic Experience, specially curated for the awards show weekend, offered the over-30 crowd a piece of nostalgic joy. With thousands gathered outdoors at The Hollywood Bowl, the sun set, instantly shifting the vibrant energy as the rap concert began.
The show kicked off with Havoc repping Mobb Deep, setting the tone for a night of lyrical showmanship. Throughout the night, classic Hip-Hop tracks kept the audience on their feet as Black Thought and Questlove masterfully emceed the affair.
Lil Kim, Goodie Mob, DJ Quik, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Method Man and Redman, Raekwon and E-40 all took the stage and proved why the veterans of the culture should never be counted out.
Take a look inside the A Roots Picnic Experience, The Class of ’95, below.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Redman and Method Man perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Redman and Method Man perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Raekwon and Black Thought of The Roots perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Redman and Method Man perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Method Man performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Lil’ Kim performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Lil’ Kim performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Lil’ Kim performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Lil’ Kim and Black Thought of The Roots perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Lil’ Kim performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Mad Skillz performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Mad Skillz performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Wish Bone and Flesh-n-Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Raekwon and Black Thought of The Roots perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Raekwon and Black Thought of The Roots perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET E-40 performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET E-40 and Black Thought of The Roots performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET E-40 performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET DJ Quik performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET DJ Quik performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Khujo Goodie, Big Gipp, and T-Mo of Goodie Mob perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Khujo Goodie and Big Gipp of Goodie Mobb perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) CeeLo Green and T-Mo of Goodie Mob perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Khujo Goodie and Big Gipp of Goodie Mobb, Questlove of The Roots, and CeeLo Green and T-Mo of Goodie Mob perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Khujo Goodie, Big Gipp, and CeeLo Green of Goodie Mob perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Khujo Goodie and Big Gipp of Goodie Mobb, Questlove of The Roots, and CeeLo Green and T-Mo of Goodie Mob perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Havoc of Mobb Deep and Black Thought of The Roots perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Black Thought of The Roots performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Questlove of The Roots performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET Captain Kirk Douglas and Questlove of The Roots, Lil’ Kim, and Black Thought and Tuba Gooding of The Roots perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Havoc of Mobb Deep and Lil’ Kim perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Flesh-n-Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Black Thought of The Roots performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Questlove of The Roots, and Wish Bone and Flesh-n-Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET (L-R) Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony perform onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95
Image Credit: Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images for BET DJ Quik performs onstage during BET Experience – The Roots Presents: Class of ’95 at Hollywood Bowl on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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