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Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter

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actor human lyricist rapper recording artist songwriter

Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter is an American rapper, lyricist, and actor best known as the lead MC of the hip hop band The Roots and for his intricate, socially conscious wordplay.

Aliases (1)

Black Thought ×20

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor → human → lyricist → rapper → recording artist → songwriter →
associatedAct	Common → Danger Mouse → Dilla → Erykah Badu → Questlove → Soulquarians → The Roots →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
familyName	Trotter →
fieldOfWork	acting → music → songwriting →
genre	conscious hip hop → hip hop →
givenName	Tariq →
hasEthnicGroup	African American →
instrument	vocals →
knownFor	long-form freestyle performances → lyrical complexity → politically engaged subject matter →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	The Roots →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableFor	intricate wordplay → live band hip hop performances with The Roots → socially conscious lyrics →
notableWork	...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (album) by The Roots → Cheat Codes (album with Danger Mouse) → Game Theory (album) by The Roots → How I Got Over (album) by The Roots → Phrenology (album) by The Roots → Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 → Streams of Thought, Vol. 2 → Streams of Thought, Vol. 3 → Things Fall Apart (album) by The Roots → Undun (album) by The Roots →
occupation	actor → musician → rapper → songwriter →
positionInGroup	lead MC of The Roots →
stageName	Black Thought →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Do You Want More?!!!??! ("Black Thought") → Illadelph Halflife ("Black Thought") → Organix ("Black Thought") → Rising Down ("Black Thought") → …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin ("Black Thought") →	producer
Do You Want More?!!!??! ("Black Thought") → Illadelph Halflife ("Black Thought") → Rising Down ("Black Thought") →	mainPerformer
One Day It'll All Make Sense ("Black Thought") → Phrenology ("Black Thought") →	featuresArtist
Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas ("Black Thought") →	associatedAct
What They Do ("Black Thought") →	featuresVocalsBy
The Roots →	founder
You Got Me ("Black Thought") →	leadRapper
How I Got Over ("Black Thought") →	mainSongwriter
How I Got Over ("Black Thought") →	mainVocalist
The Roots →	member
What They Do ("Black Thought") →	performedBy
You Got Me ("Black Thought") →	performer
Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ("Black Thought") →	stageName
The Seed (2.0) ("Black Thought") →	vocalist
You Got Me ("Black Thought") →	writer