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.

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Label	Occurrences
Black Thought	123
Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter canonical	5

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instanceOf	actor ⓘ human ⓘ lyricist ⓘ rapper ⓘ recording artist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct	Common ⓘ Danger Mouse ⓘ J Dilla ⓘ surface form: Dilla Erykah Badu ⓘ Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: ...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 ⓘ surface form: 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	Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Thought

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The Roots → founder → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

The Roots → member → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

One Day It'll All Make Sense → featuresArtist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Do You Want More?!!!??! → producer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Do You Want More?!!!??! → mainPerformer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Illadelph Halflife → producer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Illadelph Halflife → mainPerformer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Phrenology → featuresArtist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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…And Then You Shoot Your Cousin → producer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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You Got Me → writer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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You Got Me → performer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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You Got Me → leadRapper → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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The Seed (2.0) → vocalist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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What They Do → performedBy → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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What They Do → featuresVocalsBy → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Organix → producer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter → stageName → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Kirk "Captain Kirk" Douglas → associatedAct → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Rising Down → producer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Rising Down → mainPerformer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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How I Got Over → mainSongwriter → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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How I Got Over → mainVocalist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Quality → featuresArtist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Prisoner of Conscious → featuresArtist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Gravitas → featuresArtist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Danger Mouse → collaboratedWith → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Danger Mouse → associatedAct → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1 → hasGuestPerformer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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All Night Long → writer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Brown Sugar → featuresCameo → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Kryptonite (Remix) → performer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman) → featuresArtist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Styles David: Ghost Your Enthusiasm → featuresArtist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Dilated Peoples → associatedAct → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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I Don't Care → performer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Guns Are Drawn → performer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Guns Are Drawn → vocalist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Duck Down! → associatedAct → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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“When the People Cheer” → vocalist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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“The Dark (Trinity)” → hasArtist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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“The Dark (Trinity)” → featuresRappingBy → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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“Understand” → hasArtist → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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“Understand” → featuresRapper → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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“Understand” → producer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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“Tomorrow” → hasProducer → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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“Dies Irae” → contributor → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Tariq Trotter → stageName → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Tariq Trotter → notableAlias → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

The Roots Is Comin' → associatedBandMember → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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Essence of Hip-Hop → associatedAct → Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter ⓘ

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