This video should've been called "Q-tip uses a q-tip"

I could just see on tips face when dude was playing that he heard a golden sample

You can tell he's getting inspired as that guy is playing. Q-tip's a genius.

he still fine baby!!!

No, I think he was extremely moved, near tears. That was a beautiful moment in time.

Special girl. Real good girl. Biggest thing in my itty-bitty world.

Him playing the Akonting and singing really does sound just like blues

He aged so amazingly!

Dope! I was born in Guinea-Bissau. I live in New Bedford MA. I am Cape Verdean and a conscious Hip-Hop artist. Salute to you Q-tip and the folks at Okayafrica! Keep connecting the dots!

2:52 he was already programing the drums in his head

He is still sooooo dang handsome.

He was feeling the music!

that music was the most beautiful thing i ever heard from africa.... nice.

Seeing Qtip using a q tip is so meta 😂😂🙌🏾

3:05 Q-Tip looking for samples.

Oh, and his smile is so damn perfect! Lol

Crushing on Q all over again 😭😭

Q Tip is that dude. I love Tribe. I went to Kenya last year. I love Africa. Everyone must go.

he said his dad is from montserrat which has a high population of people from southern asia so he is probably right about having some asian in him somewhere down the line

he is so dam CUTE !!

that is so cool that African Americans can finally trace their heritage. That would be a great Christmas or birthday gift to give someone!

Dope! I was staring at his face and guessed he might have roots with the Fula people of Guinea! I got the country right, but tribe wrong lol.

It's such a vibrant thang!!!

We are all from Africa. one love ☝🏽️

wanna hear Tip sample that guy's song!

Qtip has a sweet voice

so handsome

I'm Zulu and I was watching him saying he thought he was Zulu like "aww, no man..." cause he does not look Zulu at all. Glad he found his roots though. It is such an important part of who you are, and empowers you to know what you can do.

The kid thought he was Zulu :) he must visit since he feels a connection with the culture. We'll welcome him

The Jola people just like their Seereer cousins have an ancient and rich culture. They are two of the Senegambia oldest inhabitants. Indeed, these two ethnic groups trace descent to two sisters : Jambooñ (ancestor of the Seereer people) and Agaire (ancestor of the Jola). The legend of Jambooñ and Agaire is well preserved by both groups and well known in the Senegambia region.

Q-Tip is a legend.

"Q tip gets swabbed" I can't be the only one to find that ironic😂. Btw, I'm wondering if any africans took this sort of test just for fun. My parents are both somali but I would like to know the story my dna tells. Wouldn't be surprised to know there is some oromo, amhar, or Yemeni somewhere but other than I'd be damn shocked. Just curious.

The woman should've told him they only deal with tracing African DNA. I think he was looking forward to finding out more about his history.

wow, this is wonderful, it brought tears to my eyes.

omfg this man is soooooo adorable!!!

It's so interesting what we struggle with finding out what our ancestry is, and reconciling that with what we "want" our ancestry to be. Q-Tip wanted to be Zulu & Asian bad. When they brought him his results and this cultured master musician, I sensed some dissatisfaction from him.

Q Tip is hilarious!

brother is jamming on the motherland banjo :)

@whiptyme Exactly. People got to remember where Asians migrated from and what their original ancestors looked like too. This was beautiful and so moving. I would love to do this one day.

As a beatmaker...I knew that look...that look you're in your head thinking "is there anyway i can record what he just did? Where's the MPC"😩🔥😭

What beautiful music.

That song was beautiful.

That shirt is dope.

I L-O-V-E Q-Tip and his music.

Very cool to introduce him to his heritage!

this made me cry.

Tip I was mesmerised. Go that does something to your DNA that was beautiful wonderful magnificent

0:39 i have never been to Africa!!!Q-Tip !!Tribe called Quest!!!God damnit !!!come on Q even 50 cent went there !!!!damn!!im shocked

Cool but you didn't explain anything about the results or give the full results

That thought crossed my mind, too! Geez, I did not know that they needed you to swipe your inner cheeks so many times.

He still looks good!

god that song made me tear up :3 beautiful

I'm from Montgomery, AL.. nice!

Love this. ❤

2:53 Q Tip was putting song together just listening. 😂😂😂

Joola have a very rich culture. They are also proud. They live in the forest where nature is very dense.

This is so beautiful.

Great content and get well Q-Tip's hand from 11 years ago!

Wonderful!

I am in tears...beautiful

Q flows so well over the background beat xD

oh yeah...please have him put that down on one of your records. nice.

Very awesome Discovery and knowing more of self and where we actually come from. It's a beautiful thing indeed.

They look alike! Instrument is so dope how he's playing!😍 Wow

Wonderful video

I always thought he, the guy that plays Mya’s husband on Girlfriends, and the rapper Maino resemble each other.

Awwww! I met your mother Q-tip at Sony Wonder! She was so proud of you! I also rang you up at Tower Records but was in such a foul mood I didn't jump over the country and hug you like I wanted to. I actually hope you don't remember my stank attitude.

I see I’m not the only one who respects the irony of it but I just wanted to add my own title... “Qtip uses a Qtip to find out who Qtip is”

The man playing the instrument and Q-Tip look almost the same. Same facial features, nose shape and head shape basically the only thing different is the slight skin tones, amazing.

This is GREAT! More content on the web like this to combat all the other mindless foolishness! Africa! One day I'll be able to go! Q-tip, can we get an album in 2012?

Q Tip is fine !

LOL he looks like from guinea bissau, I got friends from there.

a legend

my dream is to talk like him

I think i'm gonna try this. props to Q-Tip

we from the same tribe. in Sierra Leone they are called the Limba people. and jammeh the ex president was from that tribe. very hard people. and they like farming. nice to know.

Beautiful music

Big up Montserrat ❤

3:00 Q-Tip creating a beat in his head

BLACK AFRICAN P.O.W.E.R!

Owwwwwwh I'm from Guinea Bissau too ! So proud that Q Tip comes from Guinea too.

That sounds like the music of a place with wide-open spaces.

wow am happy that you know your roots

Am African specifically from Guinea conakry, and am blessed as well as pround..

Wow I found out that I'm from the Djola people (and Balanta) of Guinea Bissau too!

The Banjo Led To Hip Hop LMAO!

That is why we need to know more of ourselves before we perish. Buffoonery and negative publicity made us shamed ourselves and confused it with machismo and arrogance. If only everyone can take it, maybe we would see ourselves as whole instead of being self-destructive and ignorant not only to ourselves but to others as well.

basically they are going as far back to find what was the identity of the ancestor on the mother side of the family or the father's side.

diola people live in south senegal, gambia and guinee bissau.Actual president of Gambia is diola

q-tip is cute xx

why she did not.show.all his percentage like the other videos he looks.like.he has.more.then one thing in him

And that still means we are from Africa. 50K yrs ago Africans migrated out of Africa to various parts of the world. Just because some Africans in America were not descendants of the Trans Atlantic Slave trade that does not mean they were not from Africa. We are Africans regardless of how long we have been in other parts of the world.

2:50 tip's totally like, how am i going to chop this up? hope he did!

this was awesome

He's of African descent? Who fuckin knew?? Lol love Q!

Q Tip zoned out and heard a song for his album.

sana reminds me of a young brinsely forde of the reggae band aswad from england.

Bantu is much more than a language group. Bantus share common traits that are disctinctive from nilotic or east africans.

It’s such a vibrant thang

i want the music at the end!