Rapper Beanie Sigel was shot twice in an attempted robbery this morning. The 32-year-old - real name Dwight Grant - was hit in the upper-right arm as he sat in his car at an intersection in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at around 7.10am.

A commercially successful, critics' darling is oftentimes an oxymoron in music. Then again, it should come as no surprise that the endlessly innovative hip-hop band, The Roots, have managed to accomplish both. They have sold over three million records since debuting with Organix in 1990. At the same time, they've won a Grammy for best rap performance by a duo or group in 2000 for "You Got Me," and kept fickle critics and their loyal fan base satisfied with groundbreaking experimentation that deftly mixes elements from rock, jazz, soul, house, and any other genre that will make the speakers pop, while maintaining an undeniable hip-hop aesthetic.