Q-Tip

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.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

43

Birth Date

1970-04-10 00:00:00

Birth Place

Harlem, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  Prison Song
• 

  A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert
• 

  Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square
• 

  A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology
• 

  Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour
• 

  Love Goggles

Credits

• actors (37 credits)

  • Love Goggles

    Complex

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

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

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • The Legacy of J Dilla

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • WeCrashed

    - Hustle Harder (2022) ... Q-Tip actor actors
    2022
  • Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Survivor's Guide to Prison

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square

    Self - Singer

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Breaking a Monster

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Nas: Time Is Illmatic

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • What Difference Does It Make?

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    - Colin Firth, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nas featuring Q-Tip, John Oates (2014) ... Self actor actors
    2014
  • Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • The Minnie Riperton Story

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Cadillac Records

    Hip Hop Artist

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • She Hate Me

    Vada Huff

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Death of a Dynasty

    Self (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors

    - Anne Heche, Tom Anderson, Q-Tip (2007) ... Self actor actors
    2003
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    - Penelope Cruz, Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Q-Tip (2009) ... Self actor actors
    2003
  • A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Prison Song

    Elijah Dixon

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Disappearing Acts

    Reggie Baptiste

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Beastie Boys: Video Anthology

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Free Tibet

    Self - A Tribe Called Quest

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Rhyme & Reason

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Poetic Justice

    Markell

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Late Show with David Letterman

    - Jim Parsons, Geoffrey Canada, Mark Ronson with Q-Tip and MNDR (2010) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
    1993
  • Saturday Night Live

    - Dave Chappelle with A Tribe Called Quest (2016) ... Self - Musical Guest actor actors
    1975
  • The Grammys

    - The 68th Annual Grammy Awards (2026) ... Self actor actors
    1959

• sound (3 credits)

  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

    songs

    sound
    2014
  • The Great Gatsby

    songs

    sound
    2013
  • Men in Black

    songs

    sound
    1997

• production (1 credits)

  • The Hip Hop Project

    associate producer

    production
    2006

• writing (2 credits)

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

    musical

    writing
    2004
  • Prison Song

    writer

    writing
    2001