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Tariq Trotter

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Rapper for the group The Roots, where he goes by the name Black Thought. See more trivia »

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in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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2010-2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.418 (2011) (performer: "Fight the Power" / as Black Thought)
– Episode #1.379 (2011) (performer: "Walk This Way")
– Episode #1.319 (2010) (writer: "The Seed 2.0" - uncredited)
– Episode #1.267 (2010) (writer: "Dear God 2.0")
 
2010 Step Up 3D (writer: "Here I Come" / as Tarik L. Collins)
 
2010 The Karate Kid (writer: "Here I Come" / as Tarik Collins)
 
2009 The Soloist (writer: "Who Am I?" / as Tarik Collins)
 
2008 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #15.104 (2008) (performer: "Rising Up")
 
2007 Superbad (writer: "Here I Come" / as Tarik Trotter / writer: "My Favorite Mutiny" / as Tarik Collins)
 
2007 I Think I Love My Wife (writer: "The Seed 2.0")
 
2007 Stomp the Yard (writer: "In the Music" / as Tarik Trotter)
 
2006 Rock the Bells (documentary) (writer: "I'll Bee Dat" / as Tarik L. Collins)
 
2006 The Ground Truth (documentary) (writer: "Somebody's Gotta Do It")
 
2005 Block Party (documentary) (writer: "Boom", "You Got Me")
 
2004 Chasing Liberty (writer: "The Seed" / as Tarik Trotter)
 
2003 The Wire (TV series)
– Ebb Tide (2003) (writer: "Seed 2.0" - uncredited)
 
2002 Brown Sugar (writer: "Act Too Love of My Life" / as Tarik L. Collins)
 
2002 Ken Park (writer: "Do You Want More?!!!??!" / as Tarik Collins)
 
2002 Blade II (writer: "Tao of the Machine" / as Tarik Trotter)
 
2001 Down to Earth ("Glitches")
 
2000 Bamboozled (writer: "Mantan Show Music" 2000, "Burn Hollywood Burn" / as Tarik Trotter)
 
2000 High Fidelity (writer: "The Anti-Circle")
 
1999 The Hurricane (writer: "The Hurricane")
 
1999 The Best Man (writer: "What You Want")
 
1996 High School High (writer: "The Good, The Bad And The Desolate" / as Trotter)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2009-2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series) (musician: The Roots - 18 episodes)
– Keith Olbermann/Rosie Huntington-Whiteley/Battlefield 3/Battles (2011) (musician: The Roots)
– Episode #1.416 (2011) (musician: The Roots)
– Episode #1.412 (2011) (musician: The Roots)
– Episode #1.406 (2011) (musician: The Roots)
– Episode #1.394 (2011) (musician: The Roots)
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Show ShowActor (10 titles)
2011/I On the Inside
Tom Bogotus
 
2011 Yelling to the Sky
Roland
 
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
– Episode #1.244 (2010) (uncredited)
 
2010 Night Catches Us
Bostic Washington
 
2010 All Access (short)
Dominique
 
2008 Explicit Ills
Kaleef
 
2004 Love Rome
Tariq
 
2001 Perfume
Posse Member #2 (as Tarik Trotter)
 
2001 Brooklyn Babylon
Solomon, Member of The Lions
 
2000 Bamboozled
Alabama Porch Monkey
 
Show ShowSelf (22 titles)
2011-2013 Big Morning Buzz Live with Carrie Keagan (TV series)
Himself
– Wendy Williams/Eve/Cast of 'Star Trek Into Darkness'/98 Degrees (2013) … Himself (as Tariq)
– Kelly Osbourne/Robin Thicke/The Roots (2011) … Himself (as Tariq)
 
2009-2013 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV series)
Himself - The Roots: MC / Himself - MC / Ladysmith Snack Mambazo / …
– Episode #1.935 (2013) … Himself - The Roots: MC (as Tariq)
– Episode #1.922 (2013) … Himself - The Roots: MC (as Tariq)
– Episode #1.897 (2013) … Himself - The Roots: MC (as Tariq)
– Episode #1.868 (2013) … Himself - The Roots: MC (as Tariq)
– Episode #1.811 (2012) … Himself - The Roots: MC (as Tariq)
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2012 The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (TV movie)
Himself
 
2011 White Wash (documentary)
Narrator
 
2011/II The Art of Blending (short)
Himself
 
2011/I The Art of Blending (short)
Himself
 
2011 Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Ursula Rucker: Poet (documentary short)
Himself (as Roots)
 
2008 VIP Lounge (TV series)
Himself
– The Roots (2008) … Himself
 
2006 Planet Voice (TV series)
Himself
– The Roots i Planet Voice (2006) … Himself
 
2006 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Himself (as Black Thought)
 
2006 Backstage Pass (TV series)
Himself
– The Roots (2006) … Himself
 
2005 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (TV movie)
Himself (as Black Thought)
 
2005 Block Party (documentary)
Himself - The Roots (as Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter)
 
2005 Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #5.9 (2005) … Himself (as Black Thought)
 
2003 I Love the '70s (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself (as Black Thought)
– 1972 (2003) … Himself (as Black Thought)
– 1973 (2003) … Himself (as Black Thought)
– 1970 (2003) … Himself (as Black Thought)
 
2003 The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself (as The Roots)
 
2002 American Rap Stars (video documentary)
Himself (as The Roots)
 
2002 Brown Sugar
Himself - The Roots (as Black Thought)
 
2000 Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (documentary)
Himself (as Black Thought)
 
1998 Pete Rock: Soul Survivor (video short)
Himself (as Black Thought)
 
1994 Stolen Moments.: Red Hot+Cool (TV documentary)
Himself - Roots (uncredited)
 

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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Season 1: Episode 917 -- Jimmy asks Black Thought of The Roots to drop a verse catching his audience up on the latest reality TV show plots. 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. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: : -- Black Thought of The Roots breaks down the 2013 Oscar nominees for best picture in an original rap.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1995): Rap album with The Roots, "Do You Want More?!!!??!" (Geffen Records). See more »

Alternate Names:

The Roots | Roots | Tariq | Black Thought | Tarik Trotter | Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter

Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Rapper for the group The Roots, where he goes by the name Black Thought. See more »

Star Sign:

Libra