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
tick, tick... BOOM!
(2021)
H.A.W.K. Smooth
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
(2016)
The Roots
Bamboozled
(2000)
Alabama Porch Monkey
Brown Sugar
(2002)
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
Get on Up
(2014)
Pee Wee Ellis
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
(2021)
Self
Stealing Cars
(2016)
Lionel McWorthers
On the Inside
(2011)
Tom Bogotus
Full Filmography
Acting
On The Go - Repeat Offender
(1995)
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
(1998)
Tariq Trotter
Bamboozled
(2000)
Alabama Porch Monkey
Brooklyn Babylon
(2001)
Solomon
Brown Sugar
(2002)
Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
Love Rome
(2004)
Tariq
Night Catches Us
(2010)
Bostic Washington
On the Inside
(2011)
Tom Bogotus
Yelling To The Sky
(2011)
Roland
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
(2012)
Self
Get on Up
(2014)
Pee Wee Ellis
Stealing Cars
(2016)
Lionel McWorthers
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
(2016)
The Roots
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
(2017)
Bread EP Short Film
(2018)
Himself (Voice)
Between the World and Me
(2020)
Self
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
(2021)
Self
Waiting for Godot
(2021)
Pozzo
tick, tick... BOOM!
(2021)
H.A.W.K. Smooth
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
(2021)
Self
A GRAMMY Salute To 50 Years Of Hip-Hop
(2023)
Self
Production