Q-Tip

Q-Tip

Known for
Acting
Born
April 10, 1970 (age 56)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

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Love Goggles poster

Love Goggles

Movie · as Complex

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A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert poster

A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert

Movie

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Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2

Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2

Movie · as Self

2026
ASAP Rocky – The Assault in Stockholm poster

ASAP Rocky – The Assault in Stockholm

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

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

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

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

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

Movie · as Self

2023
The Legacy of J Dilla poster

The Legacy of J Dilla

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
WeCrashed poster

WeCrashed

TV · as Q-Tip · 1 ep

2022
JANET JACKSON. poster

JANET JACKSON.

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo poster

Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

Movie

2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison poster

Survivor's Guide to Prison

Movie · as Self

2016
Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square poster

Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square

Movie · as Self - Singer

2016
Soundbreaking poster

Soundbreaking

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2015
Breaking a Monster poster

Breaking a Monster

Movie · as Self

2015
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives poster

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

Movie

2014
What Difference Does It Make? poster

What Difference Does It Make?

Movie · as Self

2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic poster

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

Movie · as Self

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ poster

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

Movie · as Self

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

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

Movie · as Self

2009
The Minnie Riperton Story poster

The Minnie Riperton Story

Movie

2008
Cadillac Records poster

Cadillac Records

Movie · as Hip Hop Artist

2008
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue poster

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

Movie · as Self

2005
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits poster

Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits

Movie · as Self

2004
She Hate Me poster

She Hate Me

Movie · as Vada Huff

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

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

Movie · as Self

2003
Death of a Dynasty poster

Death of a Dynasty

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras poster

Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras

Movie

2002
A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology poster

A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology

Movie

2001
Prison Song poster

Prison Song

Movie · as Elijah Dixon

2000
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology poster

Beastie Boys: Video Anthology

Movie · as Self

2000
Disappearing Acts poster

Disappearing Acts

Movie · as Reggie Baptiste

1999
Mark Twain Prize poster

Mark Twain Prize

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

1998
Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour poster

Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour

Movie · as Self

1998
Free Tibet poster

Free Tibet

Movie · as Self - A Tribe Called Quest

1997
Rhyme & Reason poster

Rhyme & Reason

Movie · as Self

1997
The Chris Rock Show poster

The Chris Rock Show

TV · 1 ep

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV · as Teddy Bear / Roach (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Poetic Justice poster

Poetic Justice

Movie · as Markell

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

1988
Yo! MTV Raps poster

Yo! MTV Raps

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Musical Guest · 1 ep

1959
The Grammys poster

The Grammys

TV · as Self · 1 ep