Q-Tip
American rapper, singer and record producer · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1970 · age 56
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.
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Nas Q-Tip produced Illmatic and One Love
Phife Dawg Bandmate in A Tribe Called Quest
Ali Shaheed Muhammad Bandmate in A Tribe Called Quest
Jarobi White Bandmate in A Tribe Called Quest
Mark Ronson Produced The Renaissance (2008)
Darnell Martin Directed Prison Song (2001)
Robert De Niro Produced Prison Song (2001)
Mariah Carey Q-Tip wrote Honey (1997)
Fergie Duets: A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) (2013)
Spike Lee Directed She Hate Me (2004)
Missy Elliott Duets: Hot Boyz (1999)
LL Cool J Q-Tip produced The FORCE (2024)
John Singleton Produced Poetic Justice (1993)
DJ Shadow Duets: Enuff (2006)
Esperanza Spalding Q-Tip produced Radio Music Society (2012)
Eve Duets: Hot Boyz (1999)
Michael Rapaport Also in Poetic Justice and Death of a Dynasty
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Also in She Hate Me and Cadillac Records
Damon Dash Directed Death of a Dynasty (2003)
Kurt Rosenwinkel Q-Tip produced Heartcore (2003)- GoonRock Produced A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) (2013)
Lil' Mo Duets: Hot Boyz (1999)
Roc Marciano Q-Tip produced Reloaded (2012)
DJ Scratch Produced Amplified (1999)
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About this person
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).
