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