Q-Tip
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.
Filmography 46
Movies (32)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025Self (archive footage)
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)2025Self
Turn Him Out2024
Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits2024
The Legacy of J Dilla2023Self (archive footage)
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo2019
Survivor's Guide to Prison2018Self
Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square2016Self - Singer
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives2015
Breaking a Monster2015Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic2014Self
What Difference Does It Make?2014Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’2012Self
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest2011Self
The Minnie Riperton Story2009
Cadillac Records2008Hip Hop Artist
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue2008Self
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits2005Self
She Hate Me2004Vada Huff
Death of a Dynasty2003Self (uncredited)
A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology2002
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras2002
Prison Song2001Elijah Dixon
Disappearing Acts2000Reggie Baptiste
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology2000Self
Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour1998Self
Free Tibet1998Self - A Tribe Called Quest
Rhyme & Reason1997Self
Poetic Justice1993Markell- Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2Self
Shows (14)
WeCrashed2022Q-Tip
JANET JACKSON.2022Self
Soundbreaking2016Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003Self
Mark Twain Prize1999Self - Musical Guest
The Chris Rock Show1997
MADtv1995Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1995Teddy Bear / Roach (voice)
Late Show with David Letterman1993Self - Musical Guest
Yo! MTV Raps1988Self
Saturday Night Live1975Self - Musical Guest
The Grammys1959Self