Q-Tip
Known for Acting · 46 credits
- Born
- 1970-04-10 (age 56)
- Place of birth
- Harlem, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Kamaal Fareed · Kamaal Ibn John Fareed · The Abstract · A Tribe Called Quest · The Ummah · Soulquarians
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
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Musical Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Teddy Bear / Roach (voice)
TV Shows (14)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self / Self - Musical Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Teddy Bear / Roach (voice)
WeCrashed
2022
as Q-Tip
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Mark Twain Prize
1999
as Self - Musical Guest
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
as Self
Soundbreaking
2016
as Self
JANET JACKSON.
2022
as Self
MADtv
1995
as Self
The Grammys
1959
as Self
Movies (32)
Poetic Justice
1993
as Markell
Cadillac Records
2008
as Hip Hop Artist
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
She Hate Me
2004
as Vada Huff
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self
Disappearing Acts
2000
as Reggie Baptiste
Death of a Dynasty
2003
as Self (uncredited)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
as Self
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011
as Self
Prison Song
2001
as Elijah Dixon
Rhyme & Reason
1997
as Self
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
2005
as Self
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
as Self
Free Tibet
1998
as Self - A Tribe Called Quest
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014
as Self
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
2000
as Self
Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour
1998
as Self
The Minnie Riperton Story
2009
Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square
2016
as Self - Singer
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019
The Legacy of J Dilla
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008
as Self
A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert
Breaking a Monster
2015
as Self
What Difference Does It Make?
2014
as Self
Love Goggles
as Complex
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002
A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology
2002
Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits
2024
Turn Him Out
2024
About Q-Tip
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. With 46 credits spanning from 1959 to 2025, Q-Tip has appeared in 32 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Q-Tip Movies
- Poetic Justice (1993) — as Markell
- Cadillac Records (2008) — as Hip Hop Artist
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) — as Self (archive footage)
- She Hate Me (2004) — as Vada Huff
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012) — as Self
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