
Q-Tip
Department: Acting
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

Prison Song
2001

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011

The Legacy of J Dilla
2023

Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour
1998

The Minnie Riperton Story
2009

What Difference Does It Make?
2014

Breaking a Monster
2015

Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014

Love Goggles
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Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012

Cadillac Records
2008

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015

Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
2000

Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
2005

She Hate Me
2004

Poetic Justice
1993

Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018

Disappearing Acts
2000

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008

Rhyme & Reason
1997

Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square
2016

Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits
2024

Free Tibet
1998

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025

Death of a Dynasty
2003

Turn Him Out
2024

Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002

A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert
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Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019

Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
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A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology
2002

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

MADtv
1995

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

The Chris Rock Show
1997

WeCrashed
2022

Yo! MTV Raps
1988

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995

Saturday Night Live
1975

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

JANET JACKSON.
2022

Mark Twain Prize
1999

The Grammys
1959

Late Show with David Letterman
1993

Soundbreaking
2016