OkayAfrica Helps Rapper Q-Tip Discover His West African Roots (Video)

This month OkayAfrica enlisted yet another Hip-Hop artist to help with discovering their ancestry. The latest artist to take part in the DNA testing (No Maury) was Q-Tip of the legendary Hip-Hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Despite his belief that he might be part Asian it was revealed that Q-Tip's ancestors are from the country of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa. See more...

Q-Tip & Kanye Performing “Award Tour” Makes Me Love Hip-Hop Again (Video)

It'd be an understatement to say I spend most of my days in a cynical stupor, but every so often something breaks through to my hardened, charcoaled heart - like this video of Q-Tip and Kanye performing Tribe's classic joint "World Tour" this weekend at the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival.

Throwback Tuesday: A Tribe Called Quest’s “Check the Rhyme”

Posted by Nathan S. on 11/24/09 | Filed under Videos, Throwback Thursday, A Tribe Called Quest, Q-Tip

I know, I know, it's supposed to be Throwback Thursday, but you'll be in a turkey coma this Thursday and it just didn't feel right to deprive you of some old-school goodness so we're moving up the schedule. Point is, you can never go wrong with some old-school A Tribe Called Quest, especially when we're talking about "Check the Rhyme", a dope cut featuring one of the best two man call and response choruses in hip-hop history. See more...

Q-Tip Gets Abstract on “Life Is Better” Video ft. Norah Jones

Posted by Nathan S. on 10/07/09 | Filed under Videos, Q-Tip

The abstract one is back with the new video for his single "Life is Better" featuring Norah Jones, off his dope "The Renaissance" album. In typical Tip fashion, "Life is Better" is definitely the work of a man who follows his own vision, even if it takes him into left field.