Philadelphia’s ‘The Roots’ Developing Children Shows for Amazon

The legendary Roots Crew is not just for late night television anymore.

The Grammy-winning hip-hop group that hails from Philadelphia announced a new deal with Amazon for two children's programs – one is a live-action kids show, the other a cartoon with the working title South Street Sounds, according to multiple reports.

The Roots first rose to fame in the 1990s, releasing multiple albums including Things Fall Apart and Illadelph Halflife.

The group continued to see success in the music industry with the release of several more records, and then in 2009, The Roots became the house band for Jimmy Fallon's late night program. The band stayed on with the SNL alum when he became the host of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

Now the group is teaming up with Amazon to create the two new streaming children's programs.

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