# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/q-tip
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:11:34.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/q-tip"
name: "Q-Tip"
slug: "q-tip"
description: "Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American rapper and record producer. Nicknamed the Abstract, he is noted for his innovative jazz-influenced style of hip hop production and his philosophical, esoteric and introspective lyrical themes. He embarked on his music career in the late 1980s, as an MC and main producer of the influential alternative hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. In the mid-1990s, he co-founded the production team The Ummah, followed by the release of his gold-certified solo debut Amplified in 1999. In the following decade, he released the Grammy Award-nominated album The Renaissance (2008) and the experimental album Kamaal the Abstract (2009)."
tagline: "American rapper, singer and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Q-Tip_at_Commonwealth_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_in_2008.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: "1970-04-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.92
  momentum:             0.9542068095226539
  historical:           23.69167066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/qtiptheabstract"
    handle:    "qtiptheabstract"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/qtiptheabstract/"
    handle:    "qtiptheabstract"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/qtip"
    handle:    "qtip"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702580/"
    handle:    "nm0702580"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "3ZotbHeyVQKxQCPDJuQ4SU"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://qtiponline.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "ويليام ديفيس (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip_(rapper)"
    title: "Q-Tip (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip_(musician)"
    title: "Q-Tip (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip_(rappeur)"
    title: "Q-Tip (rappeur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Q-Tip"
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    title: "Qティップ (ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "큐팁"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip"
    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip"
    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip"
    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip"
    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip"
    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip"
    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip"
    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Tip"
    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b3c94036-6166-41d2-91a2-dc3a0b5fa188"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42025"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95494"
    title: "Q-Tip"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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