Acting
Q-Tip
Born April 10, 1970 · Harlem, New York, USA
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.
Known for
6.6
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
Songs
7.3
Men in Black
Songs
7.2
The Great Gatsby
Songs
8.0
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
7.0
Cadillac Records
Hip Hop Artist
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
6.2
Poetic Justice
Markell
7.3
WeCrashed
Q-Tip
6.4
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self, Self - Musical Guest
6.4
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
7.0
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
7.3
MADtv
Self
5.3
She Hate Me
Vada Huff
7.1
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Self
7.6
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Self
8.6 TMDB
The Grammys
Self
6.3
Disappearing Acts
Reggie Baptiste
7.1
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
8.0
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015 · Movie
8.3
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
Self
Filmography
- 2026ASAP Rocky – The Assault in StockholmSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)SelfMovie
- 2023The Legacy of J DillaSelf (archive footage)Movie
- 2022WeCrashedQ-TipSeries
- 2022JANET JACKSON.SelfSeries
- 2019Devil's Pie: D'AngeloMovie
- 2018Survivor's Guide to PrisonSelfMovie
- 2016SoundbreakingSelfSeries
- 2016Alicia Keys - Here in Times SquareSelf - SingerMovie
- 2015Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed LivesMovie
- 2015Breaking a MonsterSelfMovie
- 2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1SongsMovie
- 2014Nas: Time Is IllmaticSelfMovie
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelfSeries
- 2014What Difference Does It Make?SelfMovie
- 2013The Great GatsbySongsMovie
- 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’SelfMovie
- 2011Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called QuestSelfMovie
- 2009The Minnie Riperton StoryMovie
- 2008Cadillac RecordsHip Hop ArtistMovie
- 2008Miles Davis: Kind of BlueSelfMovie
- 2006The Hip Hop ProjectAssociate ProducerMovie
- 2005Beastie Boys Solid Gold HitsSelfMovie
- 2004Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The VideosSelf, MusicalMovie
- 2004She Hate MeVada HuffMovie
- 2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelfSeries
- 2003Death of a DynastySelf (uncredited)Movie
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self, Self - Musical GuestSeries
- 2002A Tribe Called Quest: The Video AnthologyMovie
- 2002Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti ExtrasMovie
- 2001Prison SongElijah Dixon, WriterMovie
- 2000Disappearing ActsReggie BaptisteMovie
- 2000Beastie Boys: Video AnthologySelfMovie
- 1999Mark Twain PrizeSelf - Musical GuestSeries
- 1998Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope TourSelfMovie
- 1998Free TibetSelf - A Tribe Called QuestMovie
- 1997Men in BlackSongsMovie
- 1997Rhyme & ReasonSelfMovie
- 1997The Chris Rock ShowSeries
- 1995MADtvSelfSeries
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildTeddy Bear / Roach (voice)Series
- 1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Musical GuestSeries
- 1993Poetic JusticeMarkellMovie
- 1988Yo! MTV RapsSelfSeries
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Musical GuestSeries
- 1959The GrammysSelfSeries
- —Love GogglesComplexMovie
- —A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom ConcertMovie
- —Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2SelfMovie