# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/black-thought
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:17:32.082Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/black-thought"
name: "Black Thought"
slug: "black-thought"
description: "Tariq Luqmaan Trotter, better known by his stage name Black Thought, is an American rapper, singer, actor, television host, and the lead MC of the hip hop group The Roots, which he co-founded with drummer Questlove in Philadelphia. Regarded as \"one of the most skilled, incisive, and prolific rappers of his time\", he is widely lauded for his live performance skills, continuous multisyllabic rhyme schemes, complex lyricism, double entendres, and politically aware lyrics. He and The Roots perform as the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, frequently playing games with Fallon and his guests."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Black_Thought_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.15
  momentum:             2.201807910369564
  historical:           17.83975066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/blackthought"
    handle:    "blackthought"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0873699/"
    handle:    "nm0873699"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6DJEUXZm0e2rAohdoZ5Voo"
    handle:    "6DJEUXZm0e2rAohdoZ5Voo"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://okayplayer.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بلاك ثوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%AA"
    title: "بلاك ثوجت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%A9_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%AA"
    title: "بلک ثوت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88"
    title: "ブラック・ソート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Thought"
    title: "Black Thought"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%B9"
    title: "بلیک تھیٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q880598"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/237061"
    title: "Tariq Trotter"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump