A special radio series inspired by the music of A Tribe Called Quest was broadcast on 5 April 2018. NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of A Tribe Called Quest on 23 March 2018. A Tribe Called Quest has been played on NTS over 450 times, featured on 341 episodes and was first played on 17 May 2012.

A Tribe Called Quest is a hip-hop group composed of the two rappers Q-Tip & Phife Dawg plus DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad and originating from Queens, New York. The group was unique within the hip-hop community for lyrics focused are social issues and consumerism (over the contemporary norm of gangsta rap) and a sonic style that blended jazz & rap.

1991's Low End Theory & 1993's Midnight Marauders are both considered to be two of the most important hip-hop albums to date.