Q-Tip
Birthday
1970/04/10 (55 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Harlem, New York, USA
Also know as
Kamaal Fareed, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, The Abstract, A Tribe Called Quest, The Ummah, Soulquarians, Jonathan Davis
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.
Acting
(2001) Prison Song
as Elijah Dixon
(2011) Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
as Self
(2023) The Legacy of J Dilla
as Self (archive footage)
(1998) Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour
as Self
(2009) The Minnie Riperton Story
as ---
(2014) What Difference Does It Make?
as Self
(2015) Breaking a Monster
as Self
(2014) Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self
Love Goggles
as Complex
(2012) Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
(2008) Cadillac Records
as Hip Hop Artist
(2015) Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
as ---
(2000) Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
as Self
(2005) Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
as Self
(2004) She Hate Me
as Vada Huff
(1993) Poetic Justice
as Markell
(2018) Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self
(2000) Disappearing Acts
as Reggie Baptiste
(2008) Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
as Self
(1997) Rhyme & Reason
as ---
(2016) Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square
as Self - Singer
(2024) Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits
as ---
(1998) Free Tibet
as Self - A Tribe Called Quest
(2025) Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
(2025) SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self
(2003) Death of a Dynasty
as Self (uncredited)
(2024) Turn Him Out
as ---
(2002) Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
as ---
A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert
as ---
(2019) Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
as ---
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
(1995) MADtv
as Self
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Performer
(2003) The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
(1997) The Chris Rock Show
as ---
(2022) WeCrashed
as Q-Tip
(1988) Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Teddy Bear / Roach (voice)
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(2022) JANET JACKSON.
as Self
(1999) Mark Twain Prize
as Self - Musical Guest