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.

east-coast-hip-hop

Cabin In The Sky - 2025-11-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Glorious Game (Instrumentals) - 2024-09-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Chris Black Changed My Life - 2023-06-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Glorious Game - 2023-04-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Cheat Codes - 2022-08-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Few Good Things - 2022-02-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Music To Be Murdered By - Side B (Deluxe Edition) - 2020-12-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able - 2020-10-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition) - 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Music To Be Murdered By - 2020-01-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Bandana - 2019-06-28T00:00:00.000000Z

The Plugs I Met - 2019-06-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Bread - 2018-11-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Streams of Thought Vol. 2 - 2018-11-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Streams of Thought Vol. 1 - 2018-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Everybody - 2017-05-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Drinking From The Sun - 2012-03-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Welcome to Jamrock - 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Rising Tied (Deluxe Edition) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Next - 2002-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Who Is Jill Scott? - Words and Sounds, Vol. 1 - 2000-07-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Chant Down Babylon - 1999-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Capital Punishment - 1998-04-28T00:00:00.000000Z

UP - 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Radio Edit) - 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000000Z