Guru

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hip hop musician human rapper record producer songwriter

Guru was an influential American rapper and producer best known as the lyrical half of the pioneering hip hop duo Gang Starr and for his Jazzmatazz series blending rap with live jazz.

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Label Occurrences
Guru canonical 10

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2010 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1980s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal ⓘ
Kool Keith ⓘ
surface form: MC Keithy E
birthName Keith Edward Elam ⓘ
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest ⓘ
multiple myeloma ⓘ
collaboratedWith Common ⓘ
DJ Premier ⓘ
Donald Byrd ⓘ
Erykah Badu ⓘ
N'Dea Davenport ⓘ
Roy Ayers ⓘ
The Roots ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1961-07-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2010-04-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Morehouse College ⓘ
Suffolk University ⓘ
formedBandWith DJ Premier ⓘ
genre East Coast hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
jazz rap ⓘ
influencedGenre conscious hip hop ⓘ
jazz rap ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
knownFor smooth monotone delivery ⓘ
socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Gang Starr ⓘ
notableWork Daily Operation ⓘ
Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr ⓘ
Hard to Earn ⓘ
Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 ⓘ
Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality ⓘ
Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul ⓘ
Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4: The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger: Back to the Future ⓘ
Moment of Truth ⓘ
Step in the Arena ⓘ
occupation rapper ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Roxbury neighborhood of Boston ⓘ
surface form: Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel Chrysalis Records ⓘ
EMI ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
roleInBand MC of Gang Starr ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Roy Ayers → associatedAct → Guru ⓘ
DJ Premier → collaboratedWith → Guru ⓘ
Junior Reid → hasCollaboratedWith → Guru ⓘ
Christopher Edward Martin → collaboratedWith → Guru ⓘ
Premo → associatedAct → Guru ⓘ
subject surface form: DJ Premier
Gang Starr → member → Guru ⓘ
Gang Starr → lyricist → Guru ⓘ
Jeru the Damaja → associatedAct → Guru ⓘ
Gang Starr Foundation → hasMember → Guru ⓘ
Gang Starr Foundation → hasCentralFigure → Guru ⓘ