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