Tariq Trotter
Actor · Executive Producer · Songs · Creator
Born Oct 3, 1971
Active 1995–present
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.
Filmography
Men in Black (1997) — Songstick, tick... BOOM! (2021) — H.A.W.K. SmoothPopstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) — The RootsThe Deuce (2017) — Reggie LoveUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015) — Damar VarnishGet On Up (2014) — Pee Wee EllisBamboozled (2000) — Alabama Porch MonkeyBrotherly Love (2015) — Barbershop PatronLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) — Executive ProducerStealing Cars (2016) — Lionel McWorthersOn the Inside (2011) — Tom BogotusJames Brown: Say It Loud (2024) — Executive ProducerYelling To The Sky (2011) — RolandNight Catches Us (2010) — Bostic WashingtonOn The Go - Repeat Offender (1995)Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America (2019) — CreatorThe League (2023) — Executive ProducerEarth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) (2026) — Executive ProducerBrooklyn Babylon (2001) — SolomonAngry Birds Mystery Island (2024) — Bat-Bat (voice)Love Rome (2004) — TariqPete Rock: Soul Survivor (1998) — Tariq TrotterRise Up, Sing Out (2022)Waiting for Godot (2021) — Pozzo