- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 10, 1970
- Place of Birth
- Harlem, New York, USA
Q-Tip
Q-Tip, also known by his stage name Abstract and, since his conversion to Islam, by his changed name Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, is a founding member and MC of the internationally successful hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Q-Tip is currently signed to G.O.O.D.
Filmography
movieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieSLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025 · Self
movieTurn Him Out
2024
movieBruthaload 13: Booty Bandits
2024
movieThe Legacy of J Dilla
2023 · Self (archive footage)
tvWeCrashed
2022 · Q-Tip
tvJANET JACKSON.
2022 · Self
movieDevil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019
movieSurvivor's Guide to Prison
2018 · Self
tvSoundbreaking
2016 · Self
movieAlicia Keys - Here in Times Square
2016 · Self - Singer
movieStretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015
movieBreaking a Monster
2015 · Self
movieThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 · Songs
movieNas: Time Is Illmatic
2014 · Self
movieWhat Difference Does It Make?
2014 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
movieThe Great Gatsby
2013 · Songs
movieYo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012 · Self
movieBeats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011 · Self
movieThe Minnie Riperton Story
2009
movieCadillac Records
2008 · Hip Hop Artist
movieMiles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008 · Self
movieThe Hip Hop Project
2006 · Associate Producer
movieBeastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
2005 · Self
movieJanet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos
2004 · Musical
movieShe Hate Me
2004 · Vada Huff
tvThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
movieDeath of a Dynasty
2003 · Self (uncredited)
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Musical Guest
movieA Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology
2002
movieThrough the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002
moviePrison Song
2001 · Elijah Dixon, Writer
movieDisappearing Acts
2000 · Reggie Baptiste
movieBeastie Boys: Video Anthology
2000 · Self
tvMark Twain Prize
1999 · Self - Musical Guest
movieJanet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour
1998 · Self
movieFree Tibet
1998 · Self - A Tribe Called Quest
movieMen in Black
1997 · Songs
movieRhyme & Reason
1997 · Self
tvThe Chris Rock Show
1997
tvMADtv
1995 · Self
tvHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Teddy Bear / Roach (voice)
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
moviePoetic Justice
1993 · Markell
tvYo! MTV Raps
1988 · Self
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest
tvThe Grammys
1959 · Self
movieLove Goggles
— · Complex
movieA Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert
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Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
— · Self