Q-Tip
Actor
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
Poetic Justice
as Markell 1993
She Hate Me
as Vada Huff 2004
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
as Self 2014
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
as Self 2011
Disappearing Acts
as Reggie Baptiste 2000
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self 2018
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
2015
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
as Self 2000
Rhyme & Reason
as Self 1997
Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour
as Self 1998
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage) 2025
Prison Song
as Elijah Dixon 2001
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
as Self 2025
Breaking a Monster
as Self 2015
Death of a Dynasty
as Self (uncredited) 2003
What Difference Does It Make?
as Self 2014