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Tariq Luqmaan Trotter, better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper and the lead MC of the Philadelphia-based hip hop group the Roots, which he co-founded with drummer Questlove. He is widely lauded for his live performance skills, continuous multisyllabic rhyme schemes, complex lyricism, double entendres, and politically aware lyrics. With the Roots, he is a singer and rapper on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, frequently playing games with Fallon and his guests.
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop | Self | 2023 |
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Self - Guest | 2023 |
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World | Self | 2022 |
Rise Up, Sing Out | Self | 2022 |
tick, tick... BOOM! | H.A.W.K. Smooth | 2021 |
The Kids Tonight Show | Self | 2021 |
CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage | Self | 2021 |
Waiting for Godot | Pozzo | 2021 |
Between the World and Me | Self | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop | Self | 2023 |
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Self - Guest | 2023 |
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World | Self | 2022 |
Rise Up, Sing Out | Self | 2022 |
tick, tick... BOOM! | H.A.W.K. Smooth | 2021 |
The Kids Tonight Show | Self | 2021 |
CBS Mornings | Self | 2021 |
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage | Self | 2021 |
Waiting for Godot | Pozzo | 2021 |
Between the World and Me | Self | 2020 |
Music Box | Self | 2020 |
My Name Is Pedro | Self | 2020 |
Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019 |
1969 | Self / Self - The Roots | 2019 |
Random Acts of Flyness | Black Thought | 2018 |
The Deuce | Reggie Love | 2017 |
Hamilton's America | Self | 2016 |
Night Train with Wyatt Cenac | Self | 2016 |
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | The Roots | 2016 |
Stealing Cars | Lionel McWorthers | 2016 |
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives | Self | 2015 |
The Jim Gaffigan Show | The Roots | 2015 |
Brotherly Love | Barbershop Patron | 2015 |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Damar Varnish | 2015 |
Halal in the Family | Cousin Tariq | 2015 |
Get on Up | Pee Wee Ellis | 2014 |
HuffPost Live Conversations | Self - Guest | 2014 |
This Is Hot 97 | Self | 2014 |
Late Night With Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - The Roots: MC / Self / Self - Announcer / Self - Musical Guest / Second Customer / Ladysmith Snack Mambazo / Freddy | 2014 |
The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2012 |
On the Inside | Tom Bogotus | 2011 |
White Wash | Narrator | 2011 |
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest | Self | 2011 |
Yelling to the Sky | Roland | 2011 |
Big Morning Buzz Live | Self | 2011 |
Night Catches Us | Bostic Washington | 2010 |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - The Roots: MC (as Tariq) / Himself - The Roots: MC / Himself - MC (as Tariq) / Himself - MC / Himself - The Roots: MC (as Black Thought) | 2009 |
Explicit Ills | Kaleef | 2008 |
VIP Lounge | Self | 2007 |
Dave Chappelle's Block Party | Self - The Roots | 2005 |
Love Rome | Tariq | 2004 |
I Love the '70s | Self / Self (as Black Thought) | 2003 |
The 45th Annual Grammy Awards | Self | 2003 |
Brown Sugar | Self - The Roots / Self | 2002 |
Def Poetry | Self | 2002 |
American Rap Stars | Self | 2002 |
Brooklyn Babylon | Solomon / Solomon, Member of The Lions | 2001 |
Perfume | Posse Member #2 | 2001 |
Bamboozled | Alabama Porch Monkey | 2000 |
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme | Self | 2000 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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James Brown: Say It Loud | 2024 |
The League | 2023 |
Descendant | 2022 |
Rise Up, Sing Out | 2022 |
40 Years a Prisoner | 2020 |
SoundClash | 2014 |