**더 루츠**(The Roots)는 미국의 힙합 그룹이다. 그들은 그래미 어워드 수상자이며, 일렉트로닉, 재즈 등과 힙합을 접목시켜 공연한다. 그들은 1993년부터 활동하기 시작했으며, 현재 데프잼 소속이다.

그들은 지금까지 제이 지, 비욘세, 스눕 독, 에미넴, 빅 대디 캐인 등과 함께 투어를 했다.

## 구성원
PlotArea = left:120 bottom:110 top:0 right:10
Alignbars = justify
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:01/01/1987 till:01/01/2021 #it is best not to use auto-updating timelines as it can cause problems when the graphic updates on a daily basis
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy

Colors =
 id:vocals value:red legend:Rapping
 id:beatbox value:claret legend:Beatboxing
 id:guitar value:green legend:Guitars
 id:bass value:blue legend:Bass
 id:drums value:orange legend:Drums
 id:percus value:lightorange legend:Percussion
 id:keyboards value:purple legend:Keyboards
 id:samples value:lavender legend:Sampling
 id:Sousa value:coral legend:Sousaphone,_tuba
 id:Sax value:yelloworange legend:Saxophone
 id:Trumpet value:skyblue legend:Trumpet
 id:Flute value:pink legend:Flute
 id:studio value:black legend:Studio_album
 id:bars value:gray(0.9)

Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:4
BackgroundColors = bars:bars
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:2 start:1988

BarData =
 bar:Black text:Black Thought
 bar:Malik text:Malik B
 bar:Crumbs text:Kid Crumbs
 bar:Dice text:Dice Raw
 bar:Rahzel text:Rahzel
 bar:Scratch text:Scratch
 bar:Ben text:Ben Kenney
 bar:Kirk text:Captain Kirk Douglas
 bar:Martin text:Martin Luther
 bar:Abrams text:Josh Abrams
 bar:Hub text:Hub
 bar:Owen text:Owen Biddle
 bar:Mark text:Mark Kelley
 bar:Quest text:Questlove
 bar:Knuckles text:F Knuckles
 bar:Scott text:Scott Storch
 bar:Kamal text:Kamal Gray
 bar:Nikki text:Nikki Yeoh
 bar:James text:James Poyser
 bar:Ray text:Ray Angry
 bar:Stro text:Stro Elliot
 bar:Jeremy text:Jeremy Ellis
 bar:Tuba text:Tuba Gooding Jr.
 bar:Ian text:Ian Hendrickson-Smith
 bar:David text:David Guy

PlotData=
 width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:

 bar:Black from:01/01/1987 till:end color:vocals
 bar:Crumbs from:01/01/1993 till:31/12/1993 color:vocals
 bar:Malik from:01/01/1987 till:24/02/1999 color:vocals
 bar:Dice from:01/01/1995 till:01/01/2000 color:vocals
 bar:Rahzel from:01/01/1995 till:01/01/2001 color:beatbox
 bar:Scratch from:01/01/1998 till:01/01/2003 color:beatbox

 bar:Ben from:01/01/2000 till:01/01/2003 color:guitar
 bar:Ben from:01/01/2000 till:01/01/2003 color:bass width:3
 bar:Kirk from:01/01/2003 till:end color:guitar
 bar:Martin from:01/01/2003 till:01/01/2004 color:guitar

 bar:Abrams from:01/01/1992 till:01/01/1994 color:bass
 bar:Hub from:01/01/1994 till:31/08/2007 color:bass
 bar:Owen from:31/08/2007 till:25/08/2011 color:bass
 bar:Mark from:25/08/2011 till:end color:bass

 bar:Quest from:01/01/1987 till:end color:drums

 bar:Scott from:01/01/1993 till:01/01/1995 color:Keyboards
 bar:Kamal from:01/01/1994 till:end color:Keyboards
 bar:Nikki from:01/01/1994 till:01/01/1995 color:Keyboards
 bar:James from:01/01/2009 till:end color:Keyboards
 bar:Ray from:01/01/2010 till:end color:Keyboards

 bar:Stro from:10/06/2017 till:end color:samples
 bar:Stro from:10/06/2017 till:end color:Percus width:3
 bar:Jeremy from:10/06/2017 till:end color:samples
 bar:Jeremy from:10/06/2017 till:end color:beatbox width:3

 bar:Knuckles from:01/01/2001 till:20/04/2017 color:Percus
 bar:Tuba from:01/01/2007 till:end color:Sousa
 bar:Ian from:01/01/2015 till:end color:Sax
 bar:Ian from:01/01/2015 till:end color:Flute width:3
 bar:David from:01/01/2015 till:end color:Trumpet

LineData =
 layer:back
 color:studio
 at:19/05/1993
 at:17/01/1995
 at:24/09/1996
 at:23/02/1999
 at:26/11/2002
 at:13/07/2004
 at:29/08/2006
 at:28/04/2008
 at:22/06/2010
 at:02/12/2011
 at:19/05/2014