Q-Tip
Biography
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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (30)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - Musical Guest November 12, 2016 (archive footage)
2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
2025
Turn Him Out
2024
Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits
2024
The Legacy of J Dilla
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self
2018
Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square
as Self - Singer
2016
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015
Breaking a Monster
as Self
2015
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
2014
What Difference Does It Make?
as Self
2014
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2012
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
as Self
2011
The Minnie Riperton Story
2009
Cadillac Records
as Hip Hop Artist
2008
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
as Self
2008
The Hip Hop Project
Associate Producer (Production)
2006
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
as Self
2005
Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos
Musical (Writing)
2004
She Hate Me
as Vada Huff
2004
Death of a Dynasty
as Self (uncredited)
2003
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002
Prison Song
as Elijah Dixon
2001
Disappearing Acts
as Reggie Baptiste
2000
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
as Self
2000
Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour
as Self
1998
Free Tibet
as Self - A Tribe Called Quest
1998
Rhyme & Reason
as Self
1997
Poetic Justice
as Markell
1993
TV Shows (11)
WeCrashed
as Q-Tip
2022
JANET JACKSON.
as Self
2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Mark Twain Prize
as Self - Musical Guest
1999
The Chris Rock Show
1997
MADtv
as Self
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Teddy Bear / Roach (voice)
1995
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
1988
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975