
Tariq Trotter
Known for: Acting
Born: October 3, 1971
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

Brooklyn Babylon
2001

On The Go - Repeat Offender
1995

The Roots Present

Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
2021

Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
2017

Love Rome
2004

Bread EP Short Film
2018

Waiting for Godot
2021

Night Catches Us
2010

On the Inside
2011

A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
2023

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021

Yelling To The Sky
2011
Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025

Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God
2026

Between the World and Me
2020

Stealing Cars
2016

Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
2024
Gorillaz Tottenham Hotspur Stadium documentary

Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
2017

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
2005

Get On Up
2014

Brotherly Love
2015

Bamboozled
2000

tick, tick... BOOM!
2021

My Name Is Pedro
2020

Brown Sugar
2002

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Rap Mentors
2021

Rise Up, Sing Out
2022

The Deuce
2017

Random Acts of Flyness
2018

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019

Angry Birds Mystery Island
2024

The Grammys
1959

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012