Q-Tip's The Renaissance Receives Grammy Nomination For Best Rap Album

LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Q-Tip Official Website) - Q-Tip's critically acclaimed 2008 album The Renaissance is nominated in the Grammy Awards' Best Rap Album category. Upon its release, rave reviews came pouring in from critics and fans alike. The Los Angeles Times called it "a casually complex, brilliantly executed work of neo-soul made for the street philosopher." "He shows us exactly what kind of dope aural stimulation we've been missing. With chilled-out grooves and cool guests... Q-Tip is a rapper reborn," proclaimed People.

This is Q-Tip's sixth career nomination having previously won a Grammy in 2005 for Best Dance Recording for his featured appearance on the Chemical Brothers track "Galvanize."

Q-Tip's leaps to the silver screen in the upcoming independent film Holy Rollers making its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Holy Rollers is a character-driven drama inspired by true events from the late nineties when young men from Brooklyn Hasidic communities were caught internationally trafficking ecstasy from Europe into the United States. Q-Tip plays Ephraim, an Ethiopian drug supplier in Amsterdam.

His first major role was in the 1993 John Singleton film Poetic Justice with Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur. In 2001, he co-wrote and played the leading role in Prison Song, and in 2004, he starred in Spike Lee's She Hate Me. Q-Tip has also made appearances in the acclaimed comedy hit, The Dave Chappelle Show, and most recently in the film Cadillac Records.