Rhymefest

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activist hip hop artist human rapper songwriter

Rhymefest is an American rapper, songwriter, and activist best known for co-writing Kanye West’s Grammy-winning hit “Jesus Walks” and his work in Chicago community organizing.

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Label Occurrences
Rhymefest canonical 18

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf activist ⓘ
hip hop artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeIn 21st-century hip hop ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Che Rhymefest Smith ⓘ
associatedAct Common ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
Mark Ronson ⓘ
No I.D. ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Rap Song ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Jesus Walks ⓘ
surface form: "Jesus Walks"
birthName Che Smith ⓘ
cityOfPoliticalActivity City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
collaboratedWith Common ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
Mark Ronson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
coWroteSong "Brand New" ⓘ
Glory ⓘ
surface form: "Glory"

Jesus Walks ⓘ
surface form: "Jesus Walks"

New Slaves ⓘ
surface form: "New Slaves"
ethnicGroup African-American ⓘ
fieldOfWork music ⓘ
politics ⓘ
social activism ⓘ
genre hip hop ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Chicago youth programs ⓘ
hasRole community activist ⓘ
youth advocate ⓘ
knownFor Chicago community organizing ⓘ
co-writing Kanye West’s song "Jesus Walks" ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork album "Blue Collar" ⓘ
album "El Che" ⓘ
co-writer of "Jesus Walks" ⓘ
occupation community organizer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
partOf Chicago hip hop scene ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
politicalActivity candidate for Chicago City Council ⓘ
recordLabel Allido Records ⓘ
J Records ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Che Smith → stageName → Rhymefest ⓘ
Che Smith → notableAlias → Rhymefest ⓘ
Che Smith → artisticName → Rhymefest ⓘ
Che Smith → performer → Rhymefest ⓘ
subject surface form: Blue Collar
Che Smith → performer → Rhymefest ⓘ
subject surface form: El Che
Che Smith → hasStageName → Rhymefest ⓘ
Jesus Walks → writer → Rhymefest ⓘ
All of the Lights → writer → Rhymefest ⓘ
Blue Collar → artist → Rhymefest ⓘ
Blue Collar → performerName → Rhymefest ⓘ
Blue Collar → producer → Rhymefest ⓘ
Che “Rhymefest” Smith → stageName → Rhymefest ⓘ
subject surface form: Che "Rhymefest" Smith
El Che → artist → Rhymefest ⓘ
El Che → mainPerformer → Rhymefest ⓘ
El Che → featuresVocalPerformanceBy → Rhymefest ⓘ
Midwest hip hop → notableArtistFromRegion → Rhymefest ⓘ
Khari Mateen → associatedAct → Rhymefest ⓘ
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School → hasAlumnus → Rhymefest ⓘ