When was Q-Tip born? Q-Tip was born on April 10 Jonathan William Davis aka Q-Tip aka The Abstract was born April 10, 1970, in Harlem NY. He later changed his name to Kamaal Ibn John Fareed. He’s an American rapper and founder of A Tribe Called Quest (ATCQ), and also a record producer plus singer,

Q-Tip originally went by the moniker J Nice, then later, MC Love Child. Before Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (born Jonathan William Davis), was famously known as Q-Tip, he originally went by the moniker J Nice, eventually, MC Love Child then settling on Q-Tip. Q-Tip revealed he went by the moniker J Nice during an interview with

Wale‘s recent track probably sounds familiar if you were a fan of Q-Tip’s 1999 album Amplified. It featured the hit record “Vivrant Thing” produced by Q-tip himself. In the updated flip, Cool and Dre put their spin on the Abstract’s classic dance beat. The sample originally comes from a Barry White (Love Unlimited Orchestra) record

Dr. Dre, N.W.A., Q-Tip and A Tribe Called Quest’s influence on one another goes back to the early 90s Dr. Dre’s The Chronic is hands down a classic. The album — released in 1992 — is crisp in production and finds Dr. Dre pulling from directions that many didn’t expect. At the time, Snoop Dogg,