
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

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest

Late Show with David Letterman
1993
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

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest

Late Show with David Letterman
1993
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

Yo! MTV Raps
1988
as Self

Mark Twain Prize
1999
as Self - Musical Guest

JANET JACKSON.
2022
as Self

Soundbreaking
2016
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

She Hate Me
2004
as Vada Huff

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)

Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025
as Self

Disappearing Acts
2000
as Reggie Baptiste

Death of a Dynasty
2003
as Self (uncredited)

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self

Prison Song
2001
as Elijah Dixon

Rhyme & Reason
1997
as Self

Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square
2016
as Self - Singer

Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014
as Self
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
2005
as Self

Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
2000
as Self

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011
as Self

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015

Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2
as Self

Free Tibet
1998
as Self - A Tribe Called Quest

The Minnie Riperton Story
2009

Breaking a Monster
2015
as Self

The Legacy of J Dilla
2023
as Self (archive footage)

What Difference Does It Make?
2014
as Self

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008
as Self

Love Goggles
as Complex

Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour
1998
as Self

Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002

A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert

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
- She Hate Me (2004) — as Vada Huff
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) — as Self (archive footage)
- Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018) — as Self
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