Q-Tip
Q-Tip – The 2013 We Are Family Foundation Honors Gala – Arrivals – Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom – New York City, NY, USA – Keywords: Orientation: Portrait Face Count: 1 – False – Photo Credit: Marco Sagliocco / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Jonathan William Davis
Place of Birth: Harlem, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 10, 1970
Ethnicity:
*father – African-Montserratian
*mother – African-American [including Guinea-Bissau]
Q-Tip is an American rapper, singer, actor, record producer, and DJ. He is known as a member of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, along with the late Phife Dawg, as well as Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi He was also a member of experimental black music collective Soulquarians. Erykah Badu, Common, D’Angelo, Mos Def, and Questlove were also members of Soulquarians.
His father was from the Caribbean island of Montserrat. His mother was African-American. In an episode of OkayAfrica, his DNA was analyzed, and it was found that he descends from the Jola people of Guinea-Bissau on his mother’s side.
Q-Tip is a convert to Islam. He changed his name to Kamaal Ibn John Fareed.
Source: https://www.youtube.com
correction: It should be changed to
*Afro-Montserratian (father)
*African-American [including Guinea-Bissau] (mother)