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