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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 3, 1971
Place of Birth
N/A
Also Known As
- Tariq
- Black Thought
Tariq Trotter
0.5 Popularity
Biography
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, as well as an occasional actor.
Known For
6.7
Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
9.0
Self
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
2024
5.2
Bat-Bat (voice)
Angry Birds Mystery Island
2024
9.0
Self
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023
3.5
Rise Up, Sing Out
2022
7.6
H.A.W.K. Smooth
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
6.5
Self
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
0.0
Self
Rap Mentors
2021
3.0
Pozzo
Waiting for Godot
2021
6.0
Self
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
2021
Credits
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
6.7
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
as Self
2024
9.0
Angry Birds Mystery Island
as Bat-Bat (voice)
2024
5.2
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
as Self
2023
9.0
Rise Up, Sing Out
2022
3.5
tick, tick... BOOM!
as H.A.W.K. Smooth
2021
7.6
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self
2021
6.5
Rap Mentors
as Self
2021
0.0
Waiting for Godot
as Pozzo
2021
3.0
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
as Self
2021
6.0
Between the World and Me
as Self
2020
7.9
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as Self
2019
8.0
Bread EP Short Film
as Himself (Voice)
2018
0.0
Random Acts of Flyness
as Himself
2018
4.2
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
as Self
2017
0.0
The Deuce
as Reggie Love
2017
7.6
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2017
7.0
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as The Roots
2016
6.6
Stealing Cars
as Lionel McWorthers
2016
6.2
Brotherly Love
as Barbershop Patron
2015
7.0
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Damar Varnish
2015
7.1
Get on Up
as Pee Wee Ellis
2014
6.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical Guest
2014
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2012
5.0
On the Inside
as Tom Bogotus
2011
5.3
Yelling To The Sky
as Roland
2011
5.5
Night Catches Us
as Bostic Washington
2010
5.3
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
as Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
2005
6.8
Love Rome
as Tariq
2004
1.0
Brown Sugar
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
2002
6.6
Brooklyn Babylon
as Solomon
2001
4.6
Bamboozled
as Alabama Porch Monkey
2000
6.2
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
as Tariq Trotter
1998
5.0
On The Go - Repeat Offender
1995
8.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0
The Grammys
as Self
1959
8.6
The Roots Present
as Self
N/A
0.0