Gil Scott-Heron

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human musician novelist poet political activist recording artist singer-songwriter spoken word artist

Gil Scott-Heron was an American poet, musician, and spoken-word pioneer whose politically charged, socially conscious work helped lay the foundations for hip-hop and modern protest music.

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Gil Scott-Heron canonical 14
Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson 1
Gil Scott-Heron discography 1

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spoken word artist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2011 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
collaboratedWith Brian Jackson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1949-04-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2011-05-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
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gender male ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
funk ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
proto-rap ⓘ
soul ⓘ
spoken word ⓘ
givenName Gilbert ⓘ
influenced Common ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
Mos Def ⓘ
Public Enemy ⓘ
hip hop music ⓘ
neo soul ⓘ
rap music ⓘ
instrument keyboards ⓘ
piano ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor being a forefather of hip hop ⓘ
politically charged lyrics ⓘ
socially conscious music ⓘ
spoken-word performances ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement political music ⓘ
spoken word ⓘ
notableWork Home Is Where the Hatred Is ⓘ
I’m New Here ⓘ
Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg

Pieces of a Man ⓘ
Small Talk at 125th and Lenox ⓘ
The Bottle ⓘ
The Nigger Factory ⓘ
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised ⓘ
The Vulture ⓘ
We Almost Lost Detroit ⓘ
Winter in America ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
keyboardist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
spoken word performer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel Arista Records ⓘ
Flying Dutchman Records ⓘ
RCA Records ⓘ
residence Harlem ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City, United States

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My Way Home → sampledArtist → Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ
DeWitt Clinton High School → notableAlumni → Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ
Lost in the World → writer → Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ
Who Will Survive in America → writer → Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ
Who Will Survive in America → sampledArtist → Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) → hasNotableAlumnus → Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ
New Niggers → creator → Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ
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Home Is Where the Hatred Is → artist → Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Gil Scott-Heron discography
Home Is Where the Hatred Is → recordedBy → Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson