Tariq Trotter

Tariq Trotter

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.

Movies for Tariq Trotter...

A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop
Title: A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop
Character: Self
Released: December 10, 2023
Type: Movie
A once-in-a-lifetime live concert special celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Airing Sunday, Dec. 10, at at 8:30 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT on the CBS Television Network and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+, the two-hour tribute special will feature exclusive performances from hip-hop legends and GRAMMY-winning artists, including Black Thought, Bun B, Common, De La Soul, Jermaine Dupri, J.J. Fad, Talib Kweli, The Lady Of Rage, LL COOL J, MC Sha-Rock, Monie Love, The Pharcyde, Queen Latifah, Questlove, Rakim, Remy Ma, Uncle Luke, and Yo-Yo.
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Title: Rise Up, Sing Out
Released: February 2, 2022
Type: TV
Rise Up, Sing Out, that will consist of music-based shorts full of empowering messages about noticing and celebrating differences. The shorts are geared toward preschoolers and are designed to give parents a framework to start conversations about race and equality through music and relatable kid experiences.
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tick, tick... BOOM!
Title: tick, tick... BOOM!
Character: H.A.W.K. Smooth
Released: November 11, 2021
Type: Movie
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
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Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Title: Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Character: Self
Released: July 23, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Rap Mentors
Character: Self
Released: June 28, 2021
Type: TV
A candid, behind-the-scenes ride with rap's hottest artists and legends, to learn what it takes to become great in one of the most competitive businesses in the world: hip hop.
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Waiting for Godot
Title: Waiting for Godot
Character: Pozzo
Released: May 6, 2021
Type: Movie
An experimental exploration of the storied play. Becket’s vision of perpetual uncertainty, anxiety, and loneliness is refracted through our current moment.
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Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
Title: Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
Character: Self
Released: January 28, 2021
Type: Movie
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.
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Between the World and Me
Title: Between the World and Me
Character: Self
Released: November 21, 2020
Type: Movie
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.
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Bread EP Short Film
Title: Bread EP Short Film
Character: Himself (Voice)
Released: November 30, 2018
Type: Movie
Visual accompaniment to The Alchemist's 2018 EP, Bread.
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Title: Random Acts of Flyness
Character: Himself
Released: August 4, 2018
Type: TV
Late-night series featuring a mix of vérité documentary, musical performances, surrealist melodrama and humorous animation as a stream-of-consciousness response to the contemporary American mediascape.
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Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
Title: Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
Released: September 24, 2017
Type: Movie
A DMB Gig especially for the victims of the waterflood in Charlottesville
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Title: The Deuce
Character: Reggie Love
Released: September 10, 2017
Type: TV
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.
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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Title: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Character: The Roots
Released: June 3, 2016
Type: Movie
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.
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Stealing Cars
Title: Stealing Cars
Character: Lionel McWorthers
Released: April 5, 2016
Type: Movie
A rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system.
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Title: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Character: Damar Varnish
Released: March 6, 2015
Type: TV
When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a world she didn’t think even existed anymore.
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Get on Up
Title: Get on Up
Character: Pee Wee Ellis
Released: August 1, 2014
Type: Movie
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self - Musical Guest
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
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Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Title: Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Character: Self
Released: June 7, 2012
Type: Movie
A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers, integrating MTV with rap. "Yo! MTV Raps" premiered on August 6, 1988 with hosts Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover and Doctor Dré, and shaped the careers of many of today’s hip hop superstars, while simultaneously making groundbreaking strides in introducing hip hop to the mainstream.
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On the Inside
Title: On the Inside
Character: Tom Bogotus
Released: December 31, 2011
Type: Movie
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.
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Yelling To The Sky
Title: Yelling To The Sky
Character: Roland
Released: March 11, 2011
Type: Movie
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.
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Night Catches Us
Title: Night Catches Us
Character: Bostic Washington
Released: December 3, 2010
Type: Movie
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.
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Love Rome
Title: Love Rome
Character: Tariq
Released: November 9, 2004
Type: Movie
Vignettes about four different couples in New York City coming to terms with their lives six months after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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Brown Sugar
Title: Brown Sugar
Character: Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
Released: October 5, 2002
Type: Movie
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
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Brooklyn Babylon
Title: Brooklyn Babylon
Character: Solomon
Released: August 16, 2001
Type: Movie
A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.
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Bamboozled
Title: Bamboozled
Character: Alabama Porch Monkey
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: Movie
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.
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Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Title: Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Character: Tariq Trotter
Released: November 10, 1998
Type: Movie
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On The Go - Repeat Offender
Title: On The Go - Repeat Offender
Released: January 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Hip-Hop Culture and Graffiti Video Magazine
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Musical Guest
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.