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.
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Acting History
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) as Self
2024Turn Him Out
2024Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits
2023The Legacy of J Dilla as Self (archive footage)
2022WeCrashed as Q-Tip
2022JANET JACKSON. as Self
2019Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2018Survivor's Guide to Prison as Self
2016Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square as Self - Singer
2015Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015Breaking a Monster as Self
2014Nas: Time Is Illmatic as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014What Difference Does It Make? as Self
2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self
2011Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest as Self
2009The Minnie Riperton Story
2008Cadillac Records as Hip Hop Artist
2008Miles Davis: Kind of Blue as Self
2005Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits as Self
2004She Hate Me as Vada Huff
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003Death of a Dynasty as Self (uncredited)
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Performer
2002Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2001Prison Song as Elijah Dixon
2000Disappearing Acts as Reggie Baptiste
2000Beastie Boys: Video Anthology as Self
1999Mark Twain Prize as Self - Musical Guest
1998Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour as Self
1998Free Tibet as Self - A Tribe Called Quest
1997Rhyme & Reason as Self
1997The Chris Rock Show
1995MADtv as Self
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Teddy Bear / Roach (voice)
1993Poetic Justice as Markell
1988Yo! MTV Raps as Self
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
—Love Goggles as Complex
—A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert