Q-Tip

1970 (56) • Acting

Born: 4/10/1970 (56) in Harlem, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

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.

Known For

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

68%

Songs

2014

Men in Black

72%

Songs

1997

The Great Gatsby

73%

Songs

2013

Saturday Night Live

69%

Self - Musical Guest

1975

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

58%

Self

2014

WeCrashed

74%

Q-Tip

2022

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

53%

Self / Self - Performer

2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

56%

Self

2003

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

77%

Self (archive footage)

2025

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

71%

Self

2025

Turn Him Out

2024

Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits

2024

The Legacy of J Dilla

80%

Self (archive footage)

2023

WeCrashed

74%

Q-Tip

2022

JANET JACKSON.

75%

Self

2022

Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

100%

2019

Survivor's Guide to Prison

64%

Self

2018

Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square

80%

Self - Singer

2016

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

80%

2015

Breaking a Monster

32%

Self

2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

68%

Songs

2014

Nas: Time Is Illmatic

69%

Self

2014

What Difference Does It Make?

51%

Self

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

58%

Self

2014

The Great Gatsby

73%

Songs

2013

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

50%

Self

2012

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

71%

Self

2011

The Minnie Riperton Story

2009

Cadillac Records

71%

Hip Hop Artist

2008

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

38%

Self

2008

The Hip Hop Project

85%

Associate Producer

2006

Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits

46%

Self

2005

Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos

75%

Self

2004

Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos

75%

Musical

2004

She Hate Me

51%

Vada Huff

2004

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

56%

Self

2003