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
Copyright Verification
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- Status: registered
- Registered: 2026-06-12T13:59:33+00:00
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- Record hash: sha256:b7de38470f4d42e21bfd49fefd3b21b7bff6eb7c0af98d0919989d1b0cd655c8
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- Bitcoin block lookup: https://blockstream.info/api/block-height/953407
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
Albums (23)
- Strangers (feat. A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels) (2022-08-09)
- Cheat Codes (2022-08-12)
- Aquamarine (feat. Michael Kiwanuka) (2022-07-13)
- Because (feat. Joey Bada$$, Russ, and Dylan Cartlidge) (2022-06-08)
- No Gold Teeth (2022-05-11)
- Drug Trade (feat. Black Thought) (2023-07-21)
- Workin' (Timbaland Remix) (From the Original Motion Picture “The Color Purple”) (2023-12-15)
- Glorious Game (2023-04-14)
- Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able (2020-10-16)
- Streams of Thought Vol. 2 (2018-11-26)
- REEKYOD (2024-05-01)
- Love Letter (2023-09-15)
- Thunderdome [W.T.A.] (feat. Black Thought & Natalia Lafourcade) (2023-05-12)
- Bad Man Lighter 2.0 (2023-03-10)
- African Dreams (2022-12-09)
- Kuku Kee Me (Remix) (2022-09-23)
- Freedom Over Everything (feat. Black Thought) [James Poyser & Stro Elliot Remix] (2021-09-03)
- Welcome To America (feat. C.S. Armstrong & Angela Hunte) (2021-02-12)
- American Heartbreak (Music from the HBO Original TV Series) (2020-11-27)
- RAGE IS BACK [Freestyle] (2020-01-17)
- Conception (2018-11-19)
- Rest in Power (2018-07-23)
- Streams of Thought Vol. 1 (2018-06-01)
Recordings with proof (75)
- Strangers (feat. A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels); ISRC GB5KW2200506; CopyrightID 0x3870520ced7fcef9eb9e3fc149977047fe2c5ff35a033355ccf90e19e16e8f6e; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Aquamarine (feat. Michael Kiwanuka); ISRC GB5KW2200504; CopyrightID 0x0faf283ea776ad78c702e8f0e8716c3db27de31aa44995327d2351b88f894a4f; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Because (feat. Joey Bada$$, Russ, and Dylan Cartlidge); ISRC GB5KW2200502; CopyrightID 0xab06a3d07be34bdf04cf60b4c80c6a6309457b606a16dd26d68392d55c6726ca; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- No Gold Teeth; ISRC GB5KW2200501; CopyrightID 0x5e61b94cc12b30a778ac2d7bfb9eb9273fc09c345f553e4035197028d8b7436e; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Sometimes; ISRC GB5KW2200498; CopyrightID 0xefccf5cdee46e8f19edafb1bd7ecec2fc77146464f87441fc248cdd94d3a3236; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Cheat Codes; ISRC GB5KW2200499; CopyrightID 0xc4b0438e03396e251fb2511ce043328ce4138375d2d45dd12783d27e0833069c; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Darkest Part (feat. Raekwon and Kid Sister); ISRC GB5KW2200500; CopyrightID 0x23f4f2b89097f4c4953e29ade6ce915f565a617f5825654d69e273b7e4001333; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- No Gold Teeth; ISRC GB5KW2200501; CopyrightID 0x5e61b94cc12b30a778ac2d7bfb9eb9273fc09c345f553e4035197028d8b7436e; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Because (feat. Joey Bada$$, Russ, and Dylan Cartlidge); ISRC GB5KW2200502; CopyrightID 0xab06a3d07be34bdf04cf60b4c80c6a6309457b606a16dd26d68392d55c6726ca; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Belize (feat. MF DOOM); ISRC GB5KW2200503; CopyrightID 0xf24a3277b2fd98216d5cdb8bfb595e3c6c6fc50af2593fcd3580519ee0029532; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Aquamarine (feat. Michael Kiwanuka); ISRC GB5KW2200504; CopyrightID 0x0faf283ea776ad78c702e8f0e8716c3db27de31aa44995327d2351b88f894a4f; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Identical Deaths; ISRC GB5KW2200505; CopyrightID 0x7168e821abb2b4658a9025df871b490c8088757deeb088136d6851a5c8420e2a; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Strangers (feat. A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels); ISRC GB5KW2200506; CopyrightID 0x3870520ced7fcef9eb9e3fc149977047fe2c5ff35a033355ccf90e19e16e8f6e; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Close to Famous; ISRC GB5KW2200507; CopyrightID 0x0a742e1c22c3d05aded3898267bb383de969446ed7d65bdcba98b646f44c1293; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Saltwater (feat. Conway the Machine); ISRC GB5KW2200508; CopyrightID 0x949dd29aa52ea265e3d3f27fa2cf1d051e33aea6634ee6418ae1afb1922b12a5; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Violas and Lupitas; ISRC GB5KW2200509; CopyrightID 0x930d4afc26ee7b310a6f36e8ba2d9ec4cb40d1c17223d538aba6d5bca0ae296a; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Aquamarine (feat. Michael Kiwanuka); ISRC GB5KW2200504; CopyrightID 0x0faf283ea776ad78c702e8f0e8716c3db27de31aa44995327d2351b88f894a4f; Bitcoin block 956302; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Because (feat. Joey Bada$$, Russ, and Dylan Cartlidge); ISRC GB5KW2200502; CopyrightID 0xab06a3d07be34bdf04cf60b4c80c6a6309457b606a16dd26d68392d55c6726ca; Bitcoin block 956312; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- No Gold Teeth; ISRC GB5KW2200501; CopyrightID 0x5e61b94cc12b30a778ac2d7bfb9eb9273fc09c345f553e4035197028d8b7436e; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Because - feat. Joey Bada$$, Russ, and Dylan Cartlidge; ISRC GB5KW2200502; CopyrightID 0xab06a3d07be34bdf04cf60b4c80c6a6309457b606a16dd26d68392d55c6726ca; Bitcoin block 956302; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- No Gold Teeth; ISRC GB5KW2200501; CopyrightID 0x5e61b94cc12b30a778ac2d7bfb9eb9273fc09c345f553e4035197028d8b7436e; Bitcoin block 957075; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- No Gold Teeth; ISRC GB5KW2200501; CopyrightID 0x5e61b94cc12b30a778ac2d7bfb9eb9273fc09c345f553e4035197028d8b7436e; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Drug Trade (feat. Black Thought); ISRC USLD91747029; CopyrightID 0xed8e009b6e417b439ae6b63cca706e6d01375d5c30e173ec53ca2912b4b7b556; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Workin' (Timbaland Remix) - From the Original Motion Picture “The Color Purple”; ISRC QZSYP2392812; CopyrightID 0x150466cd44a8a5a08eb49191fa4b9883778e1d5b36a3e4a945b6f6a1c600d86b; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Grateful; ISRC QZ2L62200041; CopyrightID 0xedc0affcd6c9cc2a39b162b99ed6608853382c708330f00316951d4fedc05310; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Glorious Game; ISRC QZ2L62200042; CopyrightID 0xda03a9a1c94c3c9994f6e0824ddacb68a79de596851a6d1aa6cb84e286b1f289; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- I'm Still Somehow; ISRC QZ2L62200043; CopyrightID 0x1dc39b161f182701aecc8cc8624152678e33485f14a9bc82d25484184b0ce47d; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Hollow Way; ISRC QZ2L62200044; CopyrightID 0x99dbf016d5f46c5b0f2089ad6404b1ca9155322e1539184d24baa4a9b61cc460; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Protocol; ISRC QZ2L62200045; CopyrightID 0x08ab40d480ea2b0e8d71657bf3c506c6bb01388801dd15ab1dae1f698708c0a9; Bitcoin block 953515; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Weather; ISRC QZ2L62200046; CopyrightID 0xc84fe020e531df0f7b8b97de62ace1f4736ac4329f0cc3d2b090420b75a57885; Bitcoin block 953515; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- That Girl; ISRC QZ2L62200048; CopyrightID 0x15eadff5cff8d763fed7842125fb83580e97b548fc05a34af6f01af2c00cd2ad; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- I Would Never; ISRC QZ2L62200050; CopyrightID 0x055cf753f3885099388a3c1f86d76e7e1e4985234694f4a57cb1f8c91da01c1a; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Alone; ISRC QZ2L62200049; CopyrightID 0xe69780d03f7037fe716c086a10f0958d6363f5140f5e164812bf6927af0ebce8; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Miracle; ISRC QZ2L62200047; CopyrightID 0x3838de58f42fe796c4d1a886732865f0419511ac425c74f5dda6a99f5c1d91ca; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Glorious Game (Reprise); ISRC QZ2L62200051; CopyrightID 0x0e1f20baadc98bfb9a63adf73fe1881c91c49f951a06008cfb97e183f294e5eb; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Alter Ego; ISRC QZ2L62200052; CopyrightID 0x727754c9a690f5b237e931ec3e7a6fee1e648cc6981dc46261261c1dcb857d52; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- I'm Not Crazy (First Contact); ISRC USUG12003664; CopyrightID 0x56efe461227ccf6d31af5a30f23078a6f8d0738419222d12806d90c1bb002a8f; Bitcoin block 954130; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- State Prisoner; ISRC USUG12003666; CopyrightID 0x4c54b666d0683d53c568e91018fe7f326f9672c9ce4752f7efe32858ff5edb7a; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Good Morning (feat. Pusha T, Swizz Beatz & Killer Mike); ISRC USUG12003307; CopyrightID 0xaad395635ef95171a7944d90f7453510639fe7aabed8adaf463299867581d487; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Magnificent; ISRC USUG12003668; CopyrightID 0xbc59a026565c408a56ab419bc91599e8d80e24686fbd7939cc1d8b821d9eff21; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Quiet Trip (feat. Portugal. The Man & The Last Artful, Dodgr); ISRC USUG12003671; CopyrightID 0xeb56638ddc7803bea617b7b6c6b5d0ccc89dd43a20294f72e544c7a4dcd45c89; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Nature Of The Beast (feat. Portugal. The Man & The Last Artful, Dodgr); ISRC USUG12003673; CopyrightID 0xcedd9e05d87db167ef7b2a8ef2c4ba6498ed83366d3bc08b2d4fde819c8f462e; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- We Could Be Good (United) (feat. C.S. Armstrong & OSHUN); ISRC USUG12003675; CopyrightID 0xaf9bdc614747ab329fec68840fe865050b8476c33fdbed77f5fc1d3fae3b98a3; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Steak Um (feat. ScHoolboy Q); ISRC USUG12003677; CopyrightID 0x282d5d13e57024ed377e1e2414cbb80cf2ba0dc3a1ecd1706e53dd536450de1b; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Thought vs Everybody; ISRC USUG12003679; CopyrightID 0xffd5648833c73078598480147f6065e3d22ea5e5d227a6a079f8a1b7de78c961; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Ghetto Boys and Girls - Fuel Interlude; ISRC USUG12003681; CopyrightID 0x2c6d16fbb18e57132df5e02e0e169378fd20e6eed6b07fc20984f3bdcf3c2dbb; Bitcoin block 956349; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Fuel (feat. Portugal. The Man & The Last Artful, Dodgr); ISRC USUG12003683; CopyrightID 0x6093013f2087dddb7ba3aef69a6a6a8dabfb53737065c19f8c685fb9e45f6eb1; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- I'm Not Crazy - Outro; ISRC USUG12003685; CopyrightID 0x53ecaa82830c69bbc735cba501414971c655b0e865e1b3f5c525aa826887d46c; Bitcoin block 956302; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Fentanyl; ISRC QM24S1843202; CopyrightID 0xf943b97179f1ded048eba32fb9f51e2e084c0056c9cdff5dad40183ad86fc718; Bitcoin block 953515; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Soundtrack to Confusion; ISRC QM24S1843203; CopyrightID 0x4602c2d7fcef1355b8e9ce03495203db04ae0ee02f4b268dac4bb28abc49afb7; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Get Outlined; ISRC QM24S1843204; CopyrightID 0xc303ccf60c14499439e5a4e18cb1dd199b46f22d604703b4687bd30f9372ae67; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- History Unfolds; ISRC QM24S1843205; CopyrightID 0x912874e89e12d7de9ee0c0b1acd443a8caf5aace8ccf23831ecbe3097a094597; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- How to Hold a Choppa; ISRC QM24S1843206; CopyrightID 0x4d2e4e6003b3d3f0e14c7ced42772f8137e79b537905018b5102a80ab19fb58d; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The New Grit; ISRC QM24S1843207; CopyrightID 0x2dc1e6929529bd12eae8d99467f9ef1241122f73d5b27adf8e2d0b214605a061; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Long Liveth; ISRC QM24S1843208; CopyrightID 0x5a25e6c82f1c0e4f60205e000e481a8d7c24adf5724e995ca890e076ced18750; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Streets; ISRC QM24S1843209; CopyrightID 0xaca6f6228de163ae20b03f7530db42e970a265f13fb059952736151e63269f35; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Conception; ISRC QM24S1842839; CopyrightID 0x6e25b77679e2801afb4e70cc930bc0c485bd4573eff8cd8276d6430dd4e8a221; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- REEKYOD; ISRC QT28Q2400001; CopyrightID 0xdc01ee376794d0f6ca3ef0c4817d873e58c910cb6d72cbdc5f5f1ca33901bfa8; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Love Letter; ISRC QZD7E1800387; CopyrightID 0x0d357b44fbd4965fcc20f8d8f9b35577855c980e1fa6025e982704a6cb73c810; Bitcoin block 959144; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Thunderdome [W.T.A.] (feat. Black Thought & Natalia Lafourcade); ISRC USAT22300807; CopyrightID 0x6e256b43b80f344d99aea0f729f80031778245e12608dca6d5de0a6c5b8dd4c9; Bitcoin block 953515; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Bad Man Lighter 2.0; ISRC IT2HQ2300005; CopyrightID 0x7927dfc979684bf160f1397c313342c871bf441f4774f517a5996713b849b1ae; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- African Dreams - Remix; ISRC QMDA72229246; CopyrightID 0x8f41199a1433874f694264acc2db3911896e38d58a81b9d3876a0dc95e6dd2c9; Bitcoin block 956302; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Bad Man Lighter - Remix; ISRC QMDA72229248; CopyrightID 0xb191a40819ac5f0c483152b81fe270032b6d37f907af53ac98bd5dc595f1998b; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Kuku Kee Me - Remix; ISRC GBKPL2211253; CopyrightID 0x27e88914a6c36416aa3052d1f5bd0948165d29c9b347b5429cc906d7fc23caef; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Kuku Kee Me - Remix; ISRC GBKPL2211253; CopyrightID 0x27e88914a6c36416aa3052d1f5bd0948165d29c9b347b5429cc906d7fc23caef; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Welcome To America (feat. C.S. Armstrong & Angela Hunte); ISRC USRC12100292; CopyrightID 0xf0eb0c6dcd30b2a141ed1879ccf721e05909769d4e23c5b6ed59b71a9d22a143; Bitcoin block 956312; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- American Heartbreak (Music from the HBO Original Tv Series); ISRC NLRD51959446; CopyrightID 0xfb36594bb3574c47151aaa63a5386b9518043f96b67b85330fea561b61ae4b8a; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- RAGE IS BACK [Freestyle]; ISRC US92U1901467; CopyrightID 0x43d6bc7301aa9c460530565fed6b108e7c4fa8a03bf80a0a0976e151d7671bce; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Conception; ISRC QM24S1842839; CopyrightID 0x6e25b77679e2801afb4e70cc930bc0c485bd4573eff8cd8276d6430dd4e8a221; Bitcoin block 956894; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Rest in Power; ISRC QM24S1824916; CopyrightID 0xb66362102765863e1ff7cefeb80b812fc222664591ed9bd7e3caedb41d1492aa; Bitcoin block 956312; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Twofifteen; ISRC QM24S1814827; CopyrightID 0xfa7436dbd6df88988aa2bc0a32437bcc4655409e827ca0e4fc53b9e574dc5c81; Bitcoin block 953528; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 9th vs. Thought; ISRC QM24S1814828; CopyrightID 0x2141112a7f151de0b5dae66be627bbec1221837715f308d75f1beefdcff521f3; Bitcoin block 953513; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Dostoyevsky; ISRC QM24S1814829; CopyrightID 0x67e1c933a31f9122a84dbed89dd1c57b65af4528b93be092a15e8949ff5f7ce7; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Making a Murderer; ISRC QM24S1814830; CopyrightID 0xa2cb8616d04750c4e735de7c1fe4df88c4166c73e54bd1475ece75a45c0ef335; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Thank You; ISRC QM24S1814831; CopyrightID 0xc23bcbd63068bde74ab1caff77ac9973f4a115c4e1b4260f490463b9e79bb508; Bitcoin block 953536; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
Full machine-verifiable record (JSON-LD, dual-chain proof, every album and recording): https://artists.proofprofile.net/storage/jsonld/artists/0ff2/artist-4082.json
Popularity-0 recordings of Black Thought in everplay, described from supplier metadata.