Tariq Trotter
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.
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as The RootsWhen his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major...
Movie pageOn the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the...
Movie pageBamboozled
as Alabama Porch MonkeyFrustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the...
Movie pageBrown Sugar
as Self - Black Thought [The Roots]Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one...
Movie pageGet on Up
as Pee Wee EllisA chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential...
Movie pageWoodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as SelfExplore Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture...
Movie pageBrotherly Love
as Barbershop PatronWest Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his...
Movie pageOn the Inside
as Tom BogotusA decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane...
Movie pageStealing Cars
as Lionel McWorthersA rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system.
Movie pageA GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop
as SelfA once-in-a-lifetime live concert special celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Airing...
Movie pageYo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as SelfA provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke...
Movie pageWaiting for Godot
as PozzoAn experimental exploration of the storied play. Becket’s vision of perpetual uncertainty,...
Movie pageOn The Go - Repeat Offender
as uncreditedHip-Hop Culture and Graffiti Video Magazine
Movie pageNight Catches Us
as Bostic WashingtonAfter growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in...
Movie pageYelling To The Sky
as RolandAs her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a...
Movie pageBetween the World and Me
as SelfBased on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the...
Movie pageLove Rome
as TariqVignettes about four different couples in New York City coming to terms with their lives six...
Movie pageBrooklyn Babylon
as SolomonA charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her...
Movie pageDave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
as SelfA DMB Gig especially for the victims of the waterflood in Charlottesville
Movie pageDon't Go Tellin' Your Momma
as SelfIn 1970, Black educators in Chicago developed an alphabet flashcard set to provide Blackcentered...
Movie pageBread EP Short Film
as Himself (Voice)Visual accompaniment to The Alchemist's 2018 EP, Bread.
Movie pageThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical GuestAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...
TV Show pageThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as SelfAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...
TV Show pageThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as uncreditedAfter Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent...
TV Show pageSaturday Night Live
as Self - Musical GuestA late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...
TV Show pageThe Deuce
as Reggie LoveThe story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times...
TV Show pageUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Damar VarnishWhen a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a...
TV Show pageAngry Birds Mystery Island
as Bat-Bat (voice)Each day, the gang hatches a plan to get off the island, but is thwarted by unexpected twists...
TV Show pageRandom Acts of Flyness
as HimselfLate-night series featuring a mix of vérité documentary, musical performances, surrealist...
TV Show pageRise Up, Sing Out
as uncreditedRise Up, Sing Out, that will consist of music-based shorts full of empowering messages about...
TV Show pageHip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as SelfFrom executive producers Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Shawn Gee...
TV Show pageRap Mentors
as SelfA candid, behind-the-scenes ride with rap's hottest artists and legends, to learn what it takes...
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