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Q-Tip
Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn April 10, 1970 (54 years)
Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, actor and DJ. Nicknamed The Abstract, he is noted for his innovative jazz-influenced style of hip hop production and his philosophical, esoteric and introspective lyrical themes. He embarked on his music career in the late 1980s, as an MC and main producer of the influential alternative hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest.
Filmography
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| 2024 | |
| 2022 | WeCrashed (TV Series) · as Q-Tip |
| 2022 | Janet Jackson. (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | Beastie Boys Story · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Will Smith’s Bucket List (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Survivors Guide To Prison · as Self |
| 2016 | Soundbreaking (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Hip-Hop Evolution (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Breaking a Monster · as Self |
| 2014 | Nas: Time Is Illmatic · as Self |
| 2014 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2008 | Unsung (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | 5th Annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors · as Self |
| 2007 | 4th Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2006 | 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors · as Self |
| 2006 | Johnny Cash: God's Gonna Cut You Down · as Self |
| 2005 | The Work of Director Mark Romanek · as Self |
| 2004 | Fade to Black · as Self |
| 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11: A Movement in Time · as Self |
| 2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos · as Self (segment "got 'til It's Gone") |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Death of a Dynasty · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 2003 | Chappelle's Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | Lucy Pearl feat. Snoop Dogg & Q-Tip: You · as Q-Tip |
| 2001 | Cypress Hill: Still Smokin' · as Self (segment "how I Could Just Kill A Man") |
| 2000 | Beastie Boys: Video Anthology · as Self |
| 2000 | 2000 MTV Movie Awards · as Self |
| 2000 | The Lyricist Lounge Show (TV Series) · as Self (2000) |
| 2000 | Q-Tip: Breathe and Stop · as Q-Tip |
| 1999 | 1999 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self |
| 1999 | Raphael Saadiq & Q-Tip: Get Involved · as Q-Tip |
| 1998 | Janet: The Velvet Rope · as Himself |
| 1998 | Free Tibet · as Self (a Tribe Called Quest) |
| 1997 | 28th NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | MADtv (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | A Tribe Called Quest: Hot Sex · as Q-Tip |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | Deee-Lite: Groove Is in the Heart · as Q-Tip |
| 1989 | MTV Unplugged (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV Raps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self |