Black Thought
Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (born October 3, 1973), better known as Black Thought, is an American rapper, singer, actor, television host, and the lead MC of the hip hop group The Roots, which he co-founded with drummer Questlove in Philadelphia. Regarded as "one of the most skilled, incisive, and prolific rappers of his time", he is widely lauded for his live performance skills, continuous multisyllabic rhyme schemes, complex lyricism, double entendres, and politically aware lyrics. He and The Roots perform as the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, frequently playing games with Fallon and his guests.
Genre: east-coast-hip-hop, alternative-hip-hop
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Top Tracks
- Pimpa's Paradise
- Few Good Things (feat. Black Thought and Eryn Allen Kane)
- Glorious Game
- Protocol
- The Weather
- Grateful
- Ishkabibble's (feat. Black Thought)
- I'm Still Somehow
- That Girl
- Alter Ego
- The MoMA [Feat. Black Thought]
- RAGE IS BACK [Freestyle]
- Miracle
- I Would Never
- Hollow Way
- Alone
- Glorious Game (Reprise)
- Workin' - Timbaland Remix
- Workin' (Timbaland Remix) - From the Original Motion Picture “The Color Purple”
- Ng'yekeleni
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