Tariq Trotter
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.
Works
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
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.
Release Date2015-03-06
Charactersd Damar Varnish
Episode Count1
Vote Count562
The Deuce
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.
Release Date2017-09-10
Charactersd Reggie Love
Episode Count4
Vote Count369
Angry Birds Mystery Island
Each day, the gang hatches a plan to get off the island, but is thwarted by unexpected twists and turns. They face extreme weather, challenging adventures and new creatures along the way, solving one mystery only to reveal another. The island tests Mia, Buddy, Rosie and Hamylton constantly. Only by passing these tests and going deep into the heart of darkness can our heroes find a way back home.
Release Date2024-05-21
Charactersd Bat-Bat (voice)
Episode Count2
Vote Count4
Random Acts of Flyness
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.
Release Date2018-08-04
Charactersd Himself
Episode Count1
Vote Count8
tick, tick... BOOM!
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
Release Date2021-11-11
Charactersd H.A.W.K. Smooth
Vote Count2156
Get on Up
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Release Date2014-08-01
Charactersd Pee Wee Ellis
Vote Count538
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
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.
Release Date2016-06-03
Charactersd The Roots
Vote Count1278
Bamboozled
Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
Release Date2000-10-06
Charactersd Alabama Porch Monkey
Vote Count139
Stealing Cars
A rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system.
Release Date2016-04-05
Charactersd Lionel McWorthers
Vote Count34
Waiting for Godot
An experimental exploration of the storied play. Becket’s vision of perpetual uncertainty, anxiety, and loneliness is refracted through our current moment.
Release Date2021-05-06
Charactersd Pozzo
Vote Count2
Brotherly Love
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
Release Date2015-04-24
Charactersd Barbershop Patron
Vote Count84
Night Catches Us
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.
Release Date2010-12-03
Charactersd Bostic Washington
Vote Count24
On the Inside
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.
Release Date2011-12-31
Charactersd Tom Bogotus
Vote Count47
Yelling To The Sky
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.
Release Date2011-03-11
Charactersd Roland
Vote Count22
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Release Date1998-11-10
Charactersd Tariq Trotter
Vote Count2
Brooklyn Babylon
A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.
Release Date2001-08-16
Charactersd Solomon
Vote Count5
Love Rome
Vignettes about four different couples in New York City coming to terms with their lives six months after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Release Date2004-11-09
Charactersd Tariq
Vote Count1
Bread EP Short Film
Visual accompaniment to The Alchemist's 2018 EP, Bread.
Release Date2018-11-30
Charactersd Himself (Voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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.
Release Date2014-02-17
Charactersd Self - Musical Guest
Episode Count1
Vote Count343
Saturday Night Live
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.
Release Date1975-10-11
Charactersd Self - Musical Guest
Episode Count2
Vote Count454
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
From executive producers Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter, Shawn Gee and Alex Gibney, each episode of this series focuses on a groundbreaking song pivotal to the evolution of American music and culture. From the early hip-hop battles to verses that sparked hope and inspired change, watch artists deconstruct their composition, revisit the impact the song had on them personally, and dissect the socio-economic and cultural conditions that inspired the landmark work and gave voice to a generation.
Release Date2019-10-13
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Charactersd Self
Episode Count[ 6 ]
Vote Count1
Rap Mentors
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.
Release Date2021-06-28
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
The Grammys
An awards show honoring the achievements of the members of the professional music recording industry. The members of the Recording Academy vote on who they think is most deserving of an award in 108 categories as specified by the academy.
Release Date1959-11-29
Charactersd Self
Episode Count1
Vote Count45
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Live from Radio City Music Hall, witness the concert of a lifetime with a star-studded lineup bringing together legendary Saturday Night Live hall-of-famers, iconic guests and surprise musical performances.
Release Date2025-02-14
Charactersd Self
Vote Count8
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
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.
Release Date2021-07-23
Charactersd Self
Vote Count88
Brown Sugar
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.
Release Date2002-10-05
Charactersd Self - Black Thought [The Roots]
Vote Count118
Between the World and Me
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.
Release Date2020-11-21
Charactersd Self
Vote Count7
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
The American comedian/actor delivers a story about the alternative Hip Hop scene. A small town Ohio mans moves to Brooklyn, New York, to throw an unprecedented block party.
Release Date2005-09-12
Charactersd Self - (as Black Thought) (The Roots)
Vote Count118
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
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.
Release Date2012-06-07
Charactersd Self
Vote Count2
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
A once-in-a-lifetime live concert special celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, the two-hour tribute special features 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.
Release Date2023-12-10
Charactersd Self
Vote Count2
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
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.
Release Date2021-01-28
Charactersd Self
Vote Count1
Dave Matthews Band - Concert for Charlottesville
A Concert for Charlottesville was a benefit concert held on September 24, 2017, organized by the Dave Matthews Band to raise funds for the victims killed and injured during the Unite the Right rally held from August 11–12, 2017. The band labeled the event as "An Evening of Music and Unity." Performances by Cage the Elephant, and Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland of Coldplay were then announced as special guests by Pharrell Williams. The duo performed some of the band's biggest songs as well as a cover of "You Never Can Tell" by Chuck Berry. The concert then proceeded with performances by The Roots with Bilal and Brittany Howard, Williams, Chris Stapleton, Justin Timberlake and Ariana Grande. The Dave Matthews Band and special guest Stevie Wonder closed out the concert by performing a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine", and Wonder's famous single, "Superstition".
Release Date2017-09-24
Charactersd Self
Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
Jimmy and his friends present a hour long special inspired by his album, "Holiday Seasoning".
Release Date2024-12-04
Charactersd Self
Vote Count2
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.
Release Date2025-01-27
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count11
James Brown: Say It Loud
Traces the incredible trajectory of Brown’s life and career from a 7th grade drop-out arrested and jailed at the age of 16 for breaking into a car in the Jim Crow-era South, to an entertainment legend whose groundbreaking talent and unique perspective catapulted him to become a cultural force.
Release Date2024-02-19
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count4
Vote Count2
The League
The triumphs and challenges of Negro League baseball in the early 20th century. Through rare footage and interviews with iconic players like Satchel Paige and Buck O'Neil, as well as Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, the film highlights the league's pivotal role in Black communities and the impact of integration.
Release Date2023-07-09
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count4
The AristoCats
A live-action/CGI hybrid adaptation of the classic animated film 'The AristoCats'.
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Untitled Earth, Wind & Fire Documentary
Examines the legacy, cultural impact, and body of work of American R&B/punk/jazz/soul/disco band Earth, Wind & Fire, and will feature exclusive access to the band’s archives of visual, audio, and written material, as well as the support of the estate of Maurice White and the band.
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Rise Up, Sing Out
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.
Release Date2022-02-02
Episode Count8
Vote Count4
On The Go - Repeat Offender
Hip-Hop Culture and Graffiti Video Magazine
Release Date1995-01-23
Vote Count1