Qadir is tagged as: Born Quadir Ibn Lateef Habeeb on November 22, 1981 in Houston, Texas. Q was home schooled for the majority of his educational career. Raised a devout Muslim, Qs Imam, (spiritual counselor/mentor) Fajri Ansari, a two-time class B and C basketball championship-winning coach, recognized Qs raw talent and continued to develop his athleticism at Turner Carroll High School for his junior year of high school. After only one year on the team, Q was recruited by a private school and spent his senior year of high school there where he was scouted and received a full basketball scholarship to St. Bonaventure, a private college in upstate New York. When Qs coach, Jim Baron, accepted a new position, Q returned to Buffalo and received his associates degree in Science at the Erie County Community College.|Q then received a full basketball scholarship to Howard University. However, at Howard, Q began to find his writers voice creating intense soul inspiring poems. Q began to perform his original spoken word pieces in the Washington, DC area where he spent alot of time as a youth. He was sought out by student organizations, sororities, and professors for paid performances. Tavis Smiley (formerly of BET) chose Q to host the poetry section of his very first Youth to Leaders National Sum... Read More About Qadir Biography... Send Qadir ringtones to your cell |
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