Most music fans know Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd for his extensive collaborations with Justin Bieber, co-writing hits like "Where Are You Now," "What Do You Mean?" and "Company," among a slew of others. But now the songwriter is stepping out on his own, collaborating with music licensing company Jingle Punks for a new song, "Born This Way," which soundtracks the trailer for the History Channel's eight-hour Roots miniseries on the way this Memorial Day.
The miniseries, a remake of the original Roots series that aired in 1977, is set to star Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Anna Paquin and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, with Questlove serving as music supervisor, and will be broadcast across four nights on History, A&E and Lifetime starting on May 30.