Black Thought
Black Thought was an American musician, actor, rapper, singer and songwriter (born 1973). He was born at Philadelphia.
Also recorded as Tariq Trotter; Tarik Luqmaan Trotter; Tarik Luqmaan Collins; Tarik Luqmaan Collins (or Luqmaan Trotter ?).
Black Thought in brief
- Born
- 1973
- Known for
- musician, actor, rapper, singer and songwriter
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
Contents
Identity and origins
Black Thought was recorded at birth as Tarik Luqmaan Trotter. He also worked under the name Black Thought. The authorities additionally record the headings Tariq Trotter, Tarik Luqmaan Trotter, Tarik Luqmaan Collins and Tarik Luqmaan Collins (or Luqmaan Trotter ?). His recorded languages were French and English.
Formation and teaching
Black Thought studied at Millersville University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts.
Catalogued works
11 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1714 to 2021.
Hustler's Handbook. Stealing Beauty: British Design Now ICA Exhibition Catalogue in Association with Perrier-Jouet Champagne, dated 1999, paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2008.431.1-2. Crash: Homage to JG Ballard Poster, dated 2010, pvc and foam, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2012.606. Gary Hume New Art Close-Up 1, dated 2004, paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2008.432. The West and Islam : religion and political thought in world history / Antony Black., dated 2008, held by Wellcome Collection. Black power ideologies : an essay in African-American political thought / John T. McCartney., dated 1992, held by Wellcome Collection. A year amongst the Persians : impressions as to the life, character, & thought of the people of Persia, received during twelve months' residence in that country in the years 1887-1888 / by Edward Granville Browne., dated 1893, held by Wellcome Collection. Practical mental influence : a course of lessons on mental vibrations, psychic influence, personal magnetism, fascination, psychic self-protection, etc., etc : containing practical instruction, exercises, directions, etc., capable of being understood, mastered and demonstrated by any person of average intelligence / by William Walker Atkinson., dated [1908], held by Wellcome Collection. Characters of the Court of Hannover with a word or two of some body else, which no body has yet thought on., dated 1714, held by Wellcome Collection. Mouths of rain : an anthology of Black lesbian thought / edited by Briona Simone Jones., dated [2021], held by Wellcome Collection. Freud and beyond : a history of modern psychoanalytic thought / Stephen A. Mitchell, Margaret J. Black., dated [1995], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 181 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Black Conservative Thought in the Post-Civil Rights Era, Black Intellectual Thought in Modern America, 2017. Black Founders and the Roots of Black Political Thought 1, Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought, 2021. BLACK FOUNDERS AND THE ROOTS OF BLACK POLITICAL THOUGHT, Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought, 2021. Black Talk, Black Thought:, Barbershops, Bibles, and BET, 2010. Part II Black Thought and Black Higher Learning, Dissenting Forces, 2025. Journée d’études : « Libres et de couleur aux États-Unis, 1776-1860 », Transatlantica, 2024. New record of strawberry leopard (Panthera pardus) in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania, Ecology and Evolution, 2024. "The White Hair with the Black Thought". A Study on Baratynskij’s Poem "There Were Storms, Bad Weather…...", Studi Slavistici, 2022. Blood flow assessment of gastric tube with indocyanine green fluorescence angiography and postoperative endoscopy during esophagectomy: indocyanine green enhancement time indicated congestion, BMC Gastroenterology, 2024. Sobre Chloe Ireton, Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic, Historia Mexicana El Colegio de México, 2026. Ireton, Chloe L., Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic, Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2025. Chloe L. Ireton, Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, 320 pp. ISBN 9781009533492, Ler História, 2025. Indian Power and Black Power: Reception of the Black Thought in Fausto Reinaga, Íconos, 2015.
Digitised editions and texts
1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.
Apollo Kids (2010) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
Black Thought studied at Millersville University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. the recorded working language is French and English.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are hip-hop and neo soul.
Membership is recorded of The Roots.
Chronology
- 1973Black Thought born at Philadelphia.
- 1992Black power ideologies : an essay in African-American political thought / John T. McCartney. (Wellcome Collection).
- 1999Stealing Beauty: British Design Now ICA Exhibition Catalogue in Association with Perrier-Jouet Champagne (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 2004Gary Hume New Art Close-Up 1 (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 2008The West and Islam : religion and political thought in world history / Antony Black. (Wellcome Collection).
- 2010Crash: Homage to JG Ballard Poster (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 2010Apollo Kids digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Black Thought”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q880598: Black Thought
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