Q-Tip /

Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (born April 10, 1970), better known by his stage name Q-Tip, is an American Grammy Award-winning hip hop artist, producer, singer, and actor from Jamaica, Queens, New York, part of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest. John Bush of Allmusic called him "the best rapper/producer in hip-hop history," while editors of About.com placed him on their list of the Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers., as well as placing him on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987 - 2007), making him the only rapper/producer on the list. Born Jonathan Davis on April 10, 1970 in Harlem, he converted to Islam in the mid-1990s, and changed his name to Kamaal Ibn John Fareed. He was born in Harlem and later moved to Jamaica, Queens as a child. As referenced in the song "Check the Rhime", he mostly resided at Linden Boulevard. His father was from Montserrat, a British territory in the eastern Caribbean. His mother is an African-American from Alabama. His sister, Gwen, is eight years older than he is. He attended Murry Bergtraum High School in Manhattan, New York.