Q-Tip
Acting • Born 1970-04-10
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.
Filmography
44 credits
Prison Song
Movie • 2001
Elijah Dixon
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Movie • 2011
Self
The Legacy of J Dilla
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour
Movie • 1998
Self
The Minnie Riperton Story
Movie • 2009
What Difference Does It Make?
Movie • 2014
Self
Breaking a Monster
Movie • 2015
Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Movie • 2014
Self
Love Goggles
Movie
Complex
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Movie • 2012
Self
Cadillac Records
Movie • 2008
Hip Hop Artist
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
Movie • 2015
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
Movie • 2000
Self
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
Movie • 2005
Self
Poetic Justice
Movie • 1993
Markell
She Hate Me
Movie • 2004
Vada Huff
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Movie • 2018
Self
Disappearing Acts
Movie • 2000
Reggie Baptiste
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Movie • 2008
Self
Rhyme & Reason
Movie • 1997
Self
Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square
Movie • 2016
Self - Singer
Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits
Movie • 2024
Free Tibet
Movie • 1998
Self - A Tribe Called Quest
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Movie • 2025
Self
Death of a Dynasty
Movie • 2003
Self (uncredited)
Turn Him Out
Movie • 2024
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
Movie • 2002
A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert
Movie
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
Movie • 2019
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
Movie
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Chris Rock Show
TV • 1997
WeCrashed
TV • 2022
Q-Tip
Yo! MTV Raps
TV • 1988
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Teddy Bear / Roach (voice)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
JANET JACKSON.
TV • 2022
Self
Mark Twain Prize
TV • 1999
Self - Musical Guest
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self