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

• 2024Bruthaload 13: Booty Bandits
• 2024Turn Him Out
• WeCrashed — Q-Tip
• 2019Devil's Pie: D'Angelo
• 2015Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
• 2014The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 — Songs
• 2013The Great Gatsby — Songs
• 2009The Minnie Riperton Story
• 2008Cadillac Records — Hip Hop Artist
• 2006The Hip Hop Project — Associate Producer
• 2004Janet Jackson: From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos — Self, Musical
• 2004She Hate Me — Vada Huff
• 2002A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology
• 2002Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
• 2001Prison Song — Elijah Dixon, Writer
• 2000Disappearing Acts — Reggie Baptiste
• 1997Men in Black — Songs
• The Chris Rock Show
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — Teddy Bear / Roach (voice)
• 1993Poetic Justice — Markell
• A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert
• Love Goggles — Complex

Appearances as themselves (30)

• 2026ASAP Rocky – The Assault in Stockholm — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)
• 2025SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) — Self
• 2023The Legacy of J Dilla — Self (archive footage)
• JANET JACKSON. — Self
• 2018Survivor's Guide to Prison — Self
• 2016Alicia Keys - Here in Times Square — Self - Singer
• Soundbreaking — Self
• 2015Breaking a Monster — Self
• 2014Nas: Time Is Illmatic — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2014What Difference Does It Make? — Self
• 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ — Self
• 2011Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest — Self
• 2008Miles Davis: Kind of Blue — Self
• 2005Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits — Self
• 2003Death of a Dynasty — Self (uncredited)
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Musical Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2000Beastie Boys: Video Anthology — Self
• Mark Twain Prize — Self - Musical Guest
• 1998Free Tibet — Self - A Tribe Called Quest
• 1998Janet Jackson: The Velvet Rope Tour — Self
• 1997Rhyme & Reason — Self
• MADtv — Self
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Musical Guest
• Yo! MTV Raps — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• The Grammys — Self
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 — Self