NATION BUILDING

At this Live Nation Urban/The Roots & Jill Scott management meeting, the following exceptionally talented people took a break from daily business to offer a heartfelt testimonial about why they’d like not to appear on our disreputable website: (top row, l-r) Tyler Scott, Shawn Gee, Marcus Allen, Tiffanie Wagner, Heather Lowery, Silbert Mani, Munir Nuridin, Mike Carney and (bottom row, l-r) Brandon McEachern, Brandon Pankey and Brittany Benjamin. Later, there were bagels.