Labi Siffre

E330205
human musician poet singer-songwriter

Labi Siffre is a British singer-songwriter, poet, and musician known for his soulful, socially conscious songs and for having his work widely sampled in hip-hop and pop music.

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Label Occurrences
Labi Siffre canonical 5

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
poet ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
album Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying ⓘ
surface form: Crying Laughing Loving Lying

For the Children ⓘ
Labi Siffre self-link ⓘ
Man of Reason ⓘ
Remember My Song ⓘ
So Strong ⓘ
The Singer and the Song ⓘ
birthName Claudadeus Siffre ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
coveredBy Madness ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1945-06-25 ⓘ
debutAlbum Labi Siffre self-link ⓘ
debutAlbumReleaseYear 1970 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Barbadian ⓘ
Belgian ⓘ
Nigerian ⓘ
familyName Siffre ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
givenName Labi ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.labisiffre.com/ ⓘ
influencedBy Bob Dylan ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
lyricsTheme anti-apartheid ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
love ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
movement LGBT rights ⓘ
name Labi Siffre self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor having his work widely sampled in hip-hop and pop music ⓘ
socially conscious songwriting ⓘ
notableWork (Something Inside) So Strong ⓘ
Bless the Telephone ⓘ
surface form: Bless The Telephone

Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying ⓘ
I Got The... ⓘ
It Must Be Love ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
poet ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
performedBy Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) ⓘ
surface form: Eminem
placeOfBirth Hammersmith, London, England ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
songCoveredBy Madness ⓘ
songSampled I Got The... ⓘ
songSampledIn My Name Is ⓘ
topic apartheid ⓘ
empowerment ⓘ
workSampledBy Dr. Dre ⓘ
Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III) ⓘ
surface form: Eminem

Kanye West ⓘ
Primal Scream ⓘ
Wu-Tang Clan ⓘ
yearsActive 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
2000s ⓘ
2010s ⓘ
2020s ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

I Wonder → sampledArtist → Labi Siffre ⓘ
Labi Siffre → name → Labi Siffre self-link ⓘ
Labi Siffre → debutAlbum → Labi Siffre self-link ⓘ
Labi Siffre → album → Labi Siffre self-link ⓘ
My Name Is → writer → Labi Siffre ⓘ