Tariq Trotter

Birth : 1971-10-03,

History

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.

Movies

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H.A.W.K. Smooth
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Self
Explore Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults.
Waiting for Godot
Pozzo
An experimental exploration of the storied play. Becket’s vision of perpetual uncertainty, anxiety, and loneliness is refracted through our current moment.
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
Self
In 1970, Black educators in Chicago developed an alphabet flashcard set to provide Blackcentered teaching materials to the vastly white educational landscape and the Black ABCs were born.
Between the World and Me
Self
Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, archival footage, and animation.
Bread EP Short Film
Himself (Voice)
Visual accompaniment to The Alchemist's 2018 EP, Bread.
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
The Roots
When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting with his old rap group The Style Boyz.
Stealing Cars
Lionel McWorthers
A rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system.
Get on Up
Pee Wee Ellis
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
On the Inside
Tom Bogotus
A decent but troubled young man is sent to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane and soon finds himself in a fight for his life battling ghosts inside his head and very real enemies all around him.
Yelling To The Sky
Roland
As her family falls apart, seventeen year old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a neighborhood where her survival is uncertain.
Night Catches Us
Bostic Washington
After growing up during the tumultuous 1960s, ex-Black Panther Marcus returns to his home in Philadelphia in 1976 and reconnects with Pat, the widow of a Panther leader. Marcus befriends Pat's young daughter and attempts to conquer his demons. Interfering with Marcus's good intentions are the neighborhood's continuing racial and social conflicts, as well as old enemies and friends -- both with scores to settle.
Love Rome
Tariq
Vignettes about four different couples in New York City coming to terms with their lives six months after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Brown Sugar
Self
Friends since childhood, a magazine editor and a hip-hop record executive stumble into romantic territory.
Brooklyn Babylon
Solomon
A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.
Bamboozled
Alabama Porch Monkey
TV producer Pierre Delacroix becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Tariq Trotter
On The Go - Repeat Offender
Hip-Hop Culture and Graffiti Video Magazine