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A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
American hip-hop group
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Phife Dawg
Phife Dawg
American rapper (1970-2016)
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Jarobi White
Jarobi White
American hip hop musician
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Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
American DJ and record producer
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Native Tongues
Native Tongues
musical ensemble
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Consequence
Consequence
American songwriter, rapper and record producer from New York
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Fu-Schnickens
Fu-Schnickens
American hip-hop trio from Brooklyn, New York
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Little Brother
Little Brother
American hip hop duo from Durham, North Carolina
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Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep
American hip hop duo
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Jay Rock
Jay Rock
American rapper
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ScHoolboy Q
ScHoolboy Q
American rapper from California
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Ab-Soul
Ab-Soul
American rapper
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Isaiah Rashad
Isaiah Rashad
American rapper from Tennessee
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Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar
American rapper, songwriter and record producer from California
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Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes
American rapper, actor, record producer and record executive
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J Dilla
J Dilla
American record producer
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Slum Village
Slum Village
hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Madlib
Madlib
American hip hop musician
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The Ummah
The Ummah
american band
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Large Professor
Large Professor
American rapper and record producer
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The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde
American hip hop group
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Pete Rock
Pete Rock
American hip hop producer
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Common
Common
American rapper, actor and author from Illinois
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Black Hippy
Black Hippy
American hip hop supergroup from California
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Leaders of the New School
Leaders of the New School
band
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Reason
Reason
rapper
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Andre 3000
Andre 3000
American rapper, singer, record producer, dancer and actor
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Chiddy Bang
Chiddy Bang
American hip hop recording artist
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2 Chainz
2 Chainz
American rapper from Georgia
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Cordae
Cordae
American rapper
Q-Tip
American recording artist; rapper, singer, actor, record producer and DJ

Q-Tip

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American recording artist; rapper, singer, actor, record producer and DJ
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Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (born Jonathan William Davis, April 10, 1970), better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, actor and DJ. 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 2000s, he released the Grammy Award-nominated album The Renaissance and the experimental album Kamaal the Abstract.

As an actor, Q-Tip has appeared in various films such as Poetic Justice, She Hate Me and Prison Song, the latter of which he co-wrote and played the lead role. As a DJ, he has hosted the Apple Music 1 radio show Abstract Radio since 2015. In 2016, Q-Tip was named the artistic director for hip hop culture at the Kennedy Center, and in 2018, he became the instructor of a jazz and hip hop course at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music.

Q-Tip is one of the most acclaimed figures in hip hop. John Bush of AllMusic called him "the best rapper/producer in hip-hop history", while About.com placed him #17 on their list of the Top 25 Hip-Hop Producers, as well as placing him #38 on their list of the 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time. In 2012, The Source ranked him #20 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time.