Acting

Q-Tip

Born 1970-04-10

Harlem, New York, USA

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

Prominent works featuring Q-Tip

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

2014

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Men in Black

1997

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The Great Gatsby

2013

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

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Saturday Night Live

1975

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Late Show with David Letterman

1993

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

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Cadillac Records

2008

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Poetic Justice

1993

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (54 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)	Self	Movie	2025
Turn Him Out	Self / Appearance	Movie	2024
Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits	Self / Appearance	Movie	2024
The Legacy of J Dilla	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2023
WeCrashed	Q-Tip	TV Series	2022
JANET JACKSON.	Self	TV Series	2022
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo	Self / Appearance	Movie	2019
Survivor's Guide to Prison	Self	Movie	2018
Soundbreaking	Self	TV Series	2016
Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square	Self - Singer	Movie	2016
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives	Self / Appearance	Movie	2015
Breaking a Monster	Self	Movie	2015
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	Songs	Movie	2014
Nas: Time Is Illmatic	Self	Movie	2014
What Difference Does It Make?	Self	Movie	2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	TV Series	2014
The Great Gatsby	Songs	Movie	2013
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’	Self	Movie	2012
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest	Self	Movie	2011
The Minnie Riperton Story	Self / Appearance	Movie	2009
Cadillac Records	Hip Hop Artist	Movie	2008
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue	Self	Movie	2008
The Hip Hop Project	Associate Producer	Movie	2006
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits	Self	Movie	2005
Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos	Self	Movie	2004
Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos	Musical	Movie	2004
She Hate Me	Vada Huff	Movie	2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	TV Series	2003
Death of a Dynasty	Self (uncredited)	Movie	2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	TV Series	2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self - Musical Guest	TV Series	2003
A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology	Self / Appearance	Movie	2002
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras	Self / Appearance	Movie	2002
Prison Song	Elijah Dixon	Movie	2001
Prison Song	Writer	Movie	2001
Disappearing Acts	Reggie Baptiste	Movie	2000
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology	Self	Movie	2000
Mark Twain Prize	Self - Musical Guest	TV Series	1999
Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour	Self	Movie	1998
Free Tibet	Self - A Tribe Called Quest	Movie	1998
Men in Black	Songs	Movie	1997
Rhyme & Reason	Self	Movie	1997
The Chris Rock Show	Self / Appearance	TV Series	1997
MADtv	Self	TV Series	1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Teddy Bear / Roach (voice)	TV Series	1995
Late Show with David Letterman	Self - Musical Guest	TV Series	1993
Poetic Justice	Markell	Movie	1993
Yo! MTV Raps	Self	TV Series	1988
Saturday Night Live	Self - Musical Guest	TV Series	1975
The Grammys	Self	TV Series	1959
Love Goggles	Complex	Movie	—
A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert	Self / Appearance	Movie	—
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2	Self	Movie	—