Q-Tip was born on April 10, 1970 in Queens, New York, United States. He is an american rapper, producer, singer and actor.

Biography and Career:

Q-Tip is a part from a popular jazz hip hop group. He also does production along with Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jay Dee, member of the Slum Duge band. He produced for Nas in 1994, the single from Illmatic, named One Love, for Mobb Deep the Give Up the Goods, Just Step song, Temperature's Rising and Drink Away the Pain in 1995, Honey for Mariah Carey and Fine for Whitney Houston. He also produced in 2003 the release Heartcore for Kurt Rosenwinkle.

The band from who he was a part, A Tribe Called Quest disbanded at the start of 1998 and he started a solo career. Q-Tip released his 1st solo singles Vivrant Thing and Breath e and Stop with Arista Records. In 2002 he released a follow up titled Kamaal The Abstract, which had a lot of critics. On September 15, 2009 he released Amplified on Battery Records.

In 2006, A Tribe Called Quest has reunited but they played a limited number of dates. Soon after this, Q-Tip signed again a solo contract with Motown, Universal Records. His last album, The Renaissance was released on 4 November 2008. It won a nomination from the 2010 Grammys as the Best Rap Album.

General appearance

Birth Name: Jonathan Davis
Nick Name: Q-Tip, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed
Years active: 1988 - present

Why do we like Q-Tip?

We like Q-Tip because he writes great songs and has a good flow for hip hop music.

Why is Q-Tip famous?

Q-Tip is famous because he sings hip hop. He is an american rapper, songwriter, producer and actor.

Q-Tip Lists

	Personal hygiene products
	Microbiology equipment
	Unilever brands
	American inventions
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Q-Tip Movies
Poetic Justice Rhyme & Reason Free Tibet Love Goggles Prison Song Death of a Dynasty Fade to Black She Hate Me Holy Rollers And You Don`t Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Q-Tip Filmography

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Tags: 1970, aries, rapper, brooklyn

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Category: Musicians  - ( Musicians Archive)

Date Added: 25 March '10

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