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Overview
Date of Birth:
Trivia:
Attended the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing... more
NewsDesk:
(22 articles)
Thanksgiving Day Parade Headlined By Boys Like Girls, The Roots
(From MTV Newsroom. 25 November 2009, 10:40 AM, PST)
The World Series, Adam Lambert, Lady Gaga, Rihanna And Justin Bieber: This Week's Deep Cuts
(From MTV Newsroom. 30 October 2009, 3:05 PM, PDT)
(From MTV Newsroom. 25 November 2009, 10:40 AM, PST)
The World Series, Adam Lambert, Lady Gaga, Rihanna And Justin Bieber: This Week's Deep Cuts
(From MTV Newsroom. 30 October 2009, 3:05 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
The Roots | Roots | Black Thought | Tarik Trotter | Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter
US TV Schedule:
Filmography
Soundtrack:
- Superbad (2007) (writer: "Here I Come", "My Favorite Mutiny")
- I Think I Love My Wife (2007) (writer: "The Seed 2.0")
- Stomp the Yard (2007) (writer: "In the Music")
- Rock the Bells (2006) (writer: "I'll Bee Dat")
- The Ground Truth: After the Killing Ends (2006) (writer: "Somebody's Gotta Do It")
... aka The Ground Truth (USA: new title) - Block Party (2005) (writer: "Boom", "You Got Me")
... aka Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Canada: English title: festival title) (International: English title) (USA: complete title) - Chasing Liberty (2004) ("The Seed")
- "The Wire" (1 episode, 2003)
- Ebb Tide (2003) TV episode ("Seed (2.0)" (uncredited)) - Brown Sugar (2002) (writer: "Act Too (Love of My Life)")
... aka Seven Days - Ken Park (2002) (writer: "Do You Want More?!!!??!")
- Down to Earth (2001) ("Glitches")
... aka Einmal Himmel und zurück (Germany) - Bamboozled (2000) (writer: "Mantan Show Music" (2000), "Burn Hollywood Burn")
- High Fidelity (2000) (writer: "The Anti-Circle")
- The Hurricane (1999) (writer: "The Hurricane")
- The Best Man (1999/I) (writer: "What You Want")
- High School High (1996) (writer: "The Good, The Bad And The Desolate")
Actor:
- Yelling to the Sky (2010) (post-production) .... Roland
- Night Catches Us (2009) (post-production) .... Bostic Washington
- In NorthWood (2009) (post-production) .... Tom
- Explicit Ills (2008) .... Kaleef
- Love Rome (2004) .... Tariq
- "Chappelle's Show" .... Musical Guest (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes (USA: third season title)
- Episode #1.9 (2003) TV episode (as The Roots) .... Musical Guest - Perfume (2001) (as Tarik Trotter) .... Posse Member #2
... aka Dress to Kill (USA: video title) - Brooklyn Babylon (2001) .... Solomon, Member of The Lions
- Bamboozled (2000) .... Alabama Porch Monkey
Music Department:
- "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (musician: The Roots) (1 episode, 2009)
- Episode #1.98 (2009) TV episode (musician: The Roots)
Self:
- Whitewash (2009) (post-production)
... aka White Wash (USA: correct spelling) - "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" .... Himself - MC (2 episodes, 2009)
- Episode #1.110 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - MC
- Episode #1.1 (2009) TV episode .... Himself - MC - Ursula Rucker: Poet (2008) (as Roots) .... Himself
- "VIP Lounge" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
- The Roots (2008) TV episode .... Himself - "Planet Voice" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- The Roots i Planet Voice (2006) TV episode .... Himself - 3rd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2006) (TV) (as Black Thought) .... Himself
- "Backstage Pass" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
- The Roots (2006) TV episode .... Himself - 2nd Annual VH1 Hip-Hop Honors (2005) (TV) (as Black Thought) .... Himself
- Block Party (2005) (as Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter) .... Himself - The Roots
... aka Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Canada: English title: festival title) (International: English title) (USA: complete title) - "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka Def Poetry (USA: short title)
... aka Def Poetry Jam (USA: promotional title)
- Episode #5.9 (2005) TV episode (as Black Thought) .... Himself - "Saturday Night Live" .... Himself - Musical Guest (1 episode, 2004)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
- Donald Trump/Toots and the Maytals (2004) TV episode (as The Roots) .... Himself - Musical Guest - "I Love the '70s" (2003) TV series .... Himself
- The 45th Annual Grammy Awards (2003) (TV) (as The Roots) .... Himself
- American Rap Stars (2002) (V) (as The Roots) .... Himself
- Brown Sugar (2002) (as Black Thought) .... Himself - The Roots
... aka Seven Days - Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000) (as Black Thought) .... Himself
... aka Freestyle (USA: short title)
... aka VH1 News Presents: Freestyle - The Story of Underground Hip Hop (USA: TV title) - "The Chris Rock Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
- Episode dated 12 November 1999 (1999) TV episode (as The Roots) .... Himself - Stolen Moments.: Red Hot+Cool (1994) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself - Roots
Additional Details
Other Works:
(1999): Rap album with The Roots, "The Roots Come Alive" (MCA Records).
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| Jimmy Fallon Show | boochdiggity |
| Black Thought is Amazing!! | Characteristics |
| solo album? | ordeel |
| blackthought can act! | movieho |
| black thought | underline_thejazz |
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