By OnMilwaukee Staff Writers   Published Dec 15, 2009 at 11:56 PM

Minneapolis rapper Brother Ali sat in with The Roots Tuesday night on NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."

Ali, aka Jason Newman, was born in Madison in 1977 and moved around the Midwest as a child before his family settled in the Twin Cities.

During a recent stop for a sold-out show at the Barrymore Theater in Madison, Ali sat down for with our friends from Mindpool Live for a "Sound Pass" interview. Check out the interview with this rising rap star.