Directed credits
0
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Q-Tip
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.3
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6
TMDB ID: 95494
IMDb ID: nm0702580
Known for: Acting
Born: April 10, 1970
Age: 56
Place of birth: Harlem, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2025
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 6.86
Wikidata: Q42025
Also known as
Kamaal Fareed • Kamaal Ibn John Fareed • The Abstract • A Tribe Called Quest • The Ummah • Soulquarians • Jonathan Davis
Frequent jobs
Songs (3)Associate Producer (1)Musical (1)Writer (1)
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.
Photos
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Q-Tip.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Q-Tip.
as Q-Tip • 1 eps
WeCrashed
2022 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
MADtv
1995 • Series
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
1975 • Series
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Q-Tip.
Songs
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 • Movie
Songs
The Great Gatsby
2013 • Movie
Songs
Men in Black
1997 • Movie
as Hip Hop Artist
Cadillac Records
2008 • Movie
as Self
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
2008 • Movie
as Vada Huff
She Hate Me
2004 • Movie
as Markell
Poetic Justice
1993 • Movie
as Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018 • Movie
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019 • Movie
as Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 • Movie
as Self
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011 • Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Q-Tip.
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
1975 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 • Series
as Teddy Bear / Roach (voice) • 1 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 • Series
as Q-Tip • 1 eps
WeCrashed
2022 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Soundbreaking
2016 • Series
1 eps
The Chris Rock Show
1997 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
JANET JACKSON.
2022 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Yo! MTV Raps
1988 • Series
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
Mark Twain Prize
1999 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Q-Tip.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Q-Tip.
as Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 • Movie
as Self
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
2025 • Movie
Turn Him Out
2024 • Movie
Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits
2024 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Legacy of J Dilla
2023 • Movie
Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
2019 • Movie
as Self
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018 • Movie
as Self - Singer
Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square
2016 • Movie
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015 • Movie
as Self
Breaking a Monster
2015 • Movie
as Self
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014 • Movie
as Self
What Difference Does It Make?
2014 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Q-Tip.
as Q-Tip • 1 eps
WeCrashed
2022 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
JANET JACKSON.
2022 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Soundbreaking
2016 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 • Series
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
Mark Twain Prize
1999 • Series
1 eps
The Chris Rock Show
1997 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
MADtv
1995 • Series
as Teddy Bear / Roach (voice) • 1 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 • Series
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Yo! MTV Raps
1988 • Series