Q-Tip

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Q-Tip

Acting 56 April 10, 1970

Harlem, New York, USA

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 suc…

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

6.8 2014 Movie
Men in Black

Men in Black

7.2 1997 Movie
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

7.3 2013 Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8 2014 TV Show
Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

6.4 1993 TV Show
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.3 2003 TV Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

5.6 2003 TV Show
Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

7.1 2008 Movie
WeCrashed

WeCrashed

7.4 2022 TV Show
Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

6.7 1993 Movie
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6.3 1995 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2025
    SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

    Movie Self

  3. 2024
    Turn Him Out

    Movie

  4. 2024
    Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits

    Movie

  5. 2023
    The Legacy of J Dilla

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2022
    WeCrashed

    TV show Q-Tip

  7. 2022
    JANET JACKSON.

    TV show Self

  8. 2019
    Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

    Movie

  9. 2018
    Survivor's Guide to Prison

    Movie Self

  10. 2016
    Soundbreaking

    TV show Self

  11. 2016
    Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square

    Movie Self - Singer

  12. 2015
    Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

    Movie

  13. 2015
    Breaking a Monster

    Movie Self

  14. 2014
    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    Movie Songs

  15. 2014
    Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Movie Self

  16. 2014
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    TV show Self

More credits
  1. 2014
    What Difference Does It Make?

    Movie Self

  2. 2013
    The Great Gatsby

    Movie Songs

  3. 2012
    Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

    Movie Self

  4. 2011
    Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

    Movie Self

  5. 2009
    The Minnie Riperton Story

    Movie

  6. 2008
    Cadillac Records

    Movie Hip Hop Artist

  7. 2008
    Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

    Movie Self

  8. 2006
    The Hip Hop Project

    Movie Associate Producer

  9. 2005
    Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits

    Movie Self

  10. 2004
    Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos

    Movie Self

  11. 2004
    She Hate Me

    Movie Vada Huff

  12. 2003
    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    TV show Self

  13. 2003
    Death of a Dynasty

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  14. 2003
    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    TV show Self

  15. 2002
    A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology

    Movie

  16. 2002
    Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras

    Movie

  17. 2001
    Prison Song

    Movie Elijah Dixon

  18. 2000
    Disappearing Acts

    Movie Reggie Baptiste

  19. 2000
    Beastie Boys: Video Anthology

    Movie Self

  20. 1999
    Mark Twain Prize

    TV show Self - Musical Guest

  21. 1998
    Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour

    Movie Self

  22. 1998
    Free Tibet

    Movie Self - A Tribe Called Quest

  23. 1997
    Men in Black

    Movie Songs

  24. 1997
    Rhyme & Reason

    Movie Self