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Q-Tip converted to Islam in the mid-1990s, ... April 10, 1970), better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American rapper, record producer, singer, and DJ.
A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group formed in Queens, New York City, in 1985, [4] [5] [2] originally composed of rapper and main producer Q-Tip, [6] rapper Phife Dawg, DJ and co-producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and rapper Jarobi White.
Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, rapper and bass guitarist, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. [1] With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg (and sometimes Jarobi White), the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998 before disbanding; their final album was released in 2016.
Malik Izaak Taylor [2] (November 20, 1970 – March 22, 2016), known professionally as Phife Dawg (or simply Phife), was an American rapper and a member of the group A Tribe Called Quest with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (and for a short time Jarobi White). He was also known as the "Five-Foot Assassin" and the "Five-Footer," because he stood ...
Q-Tip has signed on as the music producer and co-lyricist to the creative team for the upcoming musical “Ali,” based on the life of the famed heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali. “Ali ...
Sophia Chang (born 1965) is a Canadian-Korean music director, producer, manager, TV producer and author.Widely recognized as the first Asian woman in hip hop, Chang managed A Tribe Called Quest, Raphael Saadiq, Q-Tip, and members of Wu-Tang Clan such as RZA, GZA, and Ol' Dirty Bastard.
The collective took shape around 1995; veteran keyboardist Amp Fiddler introduced Jay Dee (who at the time was shopping for a deal for his group) to Q-Tip during the 1994 Lollapalooza. Tip was impressed enough by Jay Dee's soulful productions to invite him as an addition to Tribe's music-production team, which until then consisted of Tip and ...
In September 1993, shortly after the recording of Midnight Marauders had concluded, Phife Dawg moved to Atlanta. [1] [2] Along with Q-Tip's conversion to Islam the following year, the addition of Jay Dee to the group's new production team, The Ummah, and the enlistment of guest rapper Consequence, Q-Tip's cousin, the group dynamic changed drastically.