Black Thought’s solo music career has accelerated at full speed with his Streams of Thought series. Maintaining this momentum, he continued his creative renaissance as the main composer and lyricist of the 2022 Off-Broadway production Black No More. Alongside fellow The Roots co-founder Questlove, he launched the production company Two One Five Entertainment, executive producing the AMC documentary series, Hip-Hop: The Songs That Shook America. The film earned an impressive three nominations for “Best Documentary Feature,” “Best Director” and “Best Historical Documentary” and took home the award for “Best Historical Documentary” at the 2022 Critics Choice Documentary Awards. In 2023, Tariq Trotter debuted The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are.