{"id":3274,"date":"2022-02-07T22:40:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/?p=3274"},"modified":"2022-02-07T22:40:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:40:39","slug":"the-roots-stalwarts-black-thought-questlove-join-forces-with-disney-to-launch-animated-series-rise-up-sing-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhythmnation.online\/index.php\/2022\/02\/07\/the-roots-stalwarts-black-thought-questlove-join-forces-with-disney-to-launch-animated-series-rise-up-sing-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roots’ Stalwarts, Black Thought & Questlove Join Forces With Disney To Launch Animated Series… \u2018Rise Up Sing Out\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Variety recently announced that Disney is preparing to launch \u201cRise Up, Sing Out,\u201d a short-form animated musical series that aims to deliver inspiring. empowering and optimistic messages about culture and celebrating differences.\u201cRise Up, Sing Out,\u201d is an eight-episode series, that is executive produced by Ahmir \u2018\u201dQuestlove\u201d Thompson and Tariq \u201cBlack Thought\u201d Trotter of the Roots, and is already available on Disney Plus, the first episode however was streamed Feb 2 on Disney Channel and Disney Junior.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Questlove and Black Thought are executive producers of the series and produced all of the music, the pair will appear in the series as well, depicted as animated characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The series, which will touch upon themes like diversity, inclusion, kindness and self-expression, was produced in response to parents who have increasingly asked Disney Junior for entertainment content to aid them in talking to children about respect towards others. Disney found academic research showing children as young as three become aware of differences between people and are capable of discussing those distinctions. One episode celebrates Black hair, while another explores names that can be mispronounced or stigmatized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n