---
name: "Karriem Riggins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karriem-riggins"
fi1m_id: "karriem-riggins"
imdb_id: "nm4079550"
tmdb_id: 1177851
wikidata_id: "Q6373370"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "25 August 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T21:19:33.035490+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."
---

# Karriem Riggins

## Identity

Karriem Riggins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karriem-riggins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karriem-riggins
- **IMDb ID:** nm4079550
- **TMDB ID:** 1177851
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6373370
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373370, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4079550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1177851

Composer. Born 25 August 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 25 August 1975, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 85 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373370, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4079550/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1177851

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Mo*](https://film.one/tv/mo.md) (85)

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

## Biography

Karriem Riggins is an American composer, jazz drummer, record producer, DJ and songwriter. Born on 25 August 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, he began his career in jazz, performing with artists including Betty Carter and later collaborating extensively in hip-hop.

He is known for his long association with rapper Common, with whom he has worked on albums and scored the Netflix series *Mo* (2022–2025). Riggins composed the score for *Mo* alongside Common and Patrick Warren, and contributed to the soundtracks of *13th* (2016), *Just Mercy* (2019) and *Alice* (2022). He received a Primetime Emmy Award for the song "Letter to the Free".

Riggins has also released solo albums and worked with musicians across genres, including J Dilla, Madlib and Diana Krall.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mo* (2022), Fi1m 85, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/mo.md)
- *13th* (2016), Fi1m 84, Musician — [page](https://film.one/film/13th.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Mo* (2022), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/mo.md)
- *Alice* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Just Mercy* (2019), Musician
- *Letter to the Free* (2016), as Original Music Composer
- *13th* (2016), Musician — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/13th.md)

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