---
name: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ali-shaheed-muhammad"
fi1m_id: "ali-shaheed-muhammad"
imdb_id: "nm0611241"
tmdb_id: 558265
wikidata_id: "Q579206"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "11 August 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-22T21:51:55.009903+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ali Shaheed Muhammad

## Identity

Ali Shaheed Muhammad

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ali-shaheed-muhammad
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ali-shaheed-muhammad
- **IMDb ID:** nm0611241
- **TMDB ID:** 558265
- **Wikidata ID:** Q579206
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q579206, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611241/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/558265

Composer. Born 11 August 1970 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 11 August 1970, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** The Ummah, A Tribe Called Quest, Mr. Muhammad
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q579206, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611241/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/558265

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Sugar*](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American composer, DJ and record producer. Born on 11 August 1970 in Brooklyn, New York City, he is best known as a member of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, with whom he released several albums between 1990 and 2016.

In recent years Muhammad has worked frequently with producer Adrian Younge on film and television scores. Their joint credits include the Apple TV+ series *Sugar* (2024), on which they composed the music, as well as *Cross* (2024) and *Reasonable Doubt* (2022–2025).

*Sources: filmmusicreporter.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sugar* (2024), Fi1m 58, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Strung* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Cross* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Omnivore* (2024), series, Main Title Theme Composer
- *Sugar* (2024), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md)
- *Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James* (2021), Music
- *That Damn Michael Che* (2021), series, Original Music Composer
- *Run This Town* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Marvel's Luke Cage* (2016), series, as Ali Shaheed Muhammad
- *A Tribe Called Quest: The Video Anthology* (2002), Actor
- *Men in Black* (1997), as Songs — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/men-in-black.md)
- *A Tribe Called Quest: Tibetan Freedom Concert*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Ali Shaheed Muhammad](https://film.one/media/person/1295508/gallery-7cd61549b5f3.jpg) Ali Shaheed Muhammad — Girlfierce Photography, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad_2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ali Shaheed Muhammad speaking at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City on August 13th, 2006.](https://film.one/media/person/1295508/gallery-4b4dc7a9e9f2.jpg) Ali Shaheed Muhammad speaking at the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City on August 13th, 2006. — Richard Alexander Caraballo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Ali_shaheed_muhammad.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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