Tariq Trotter
Department: Acting
Biography
Tariq Luqmaan Trotter, better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper and the lead MC of the Philadelphia-based hip hop group, The Roots, as well as an occasional actor.
Known For
Night Catches Us
2010
On the Inside
2011
Brooklyn Babylon
2001
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
2017
Get On Up
2014
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
Love Rome
2004
On The Go - Repeat Offender
1995
Stealing Cars
2016
Brotherly Love
2015
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
Yelling To The Sky
2011
Brown Sugar
2002
Bamboozled
2000
Bread EP Short Film
2018
Between the World and Me
2020
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
2021
Waiting for Godot
2021
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
2024
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
2017
The Roots Present
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Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
2026
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Rap Mentors
2021
Rise Up, Sing Out
2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Deuce
2017
Saturday Night Live
1975
Random Acts of Flyness
2018
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019
Angry Birds Mystery Island
2024
The Grammys
1959