D.R.A.M.
E361751
D.R.A.M. (now known as Shelley FKA DRAM) is an American rapper and singer best known for his hit single "Broccoli" and his blend of hip hop, R&B, and soul.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| D.R.A.M. canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3476928 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D.R.A.M. Context triple: [Coloring Book, featuredArtist, D.R.A.M.]
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A.
Denzel Curry
Denzel Curry is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter known for his aggressive delivery, introspective lyrics, and influential role in the South Florida hip-hop scene.
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B.
Ty Dolla Sign
Ty Dolla Sign is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer known for his melodic hooks and frequent high-profile collaborations across hip hop and R&B.
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C.
Sheck Wes
Sheck Wes is an American rapper and songwriter best known for his breakout hit single "Mo Bamba" and his association with Kanye West’s GOOD Music label.
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D.
Migos
Migos is an American hip-hop trio from Georgia known for popularizing the modern trap sound and the triplet rap flow in mainstream rap music.
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E.
Vic Mensa
Vic Mensa is an American rapper and songwriter from Chicago known for his politically charged lyrics, genre-blending style, and collaborations with artists like Chance the Rapper and Kanye West.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D.R.A.M. Target entity description: D.R.A.M. (now known as Shelley FKA DRAM) is an American rapper and singer best known for his hit single "Broccoli" and his blend of hip hop, R&B, and soul.
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A.
Denzel Curry
Denzel Curry is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter known for his aggressive delivery, introspective lyrics, and influential role in the South Florida hip-hop scene.
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B.
Ty Dolla Sign
Ty Dolla Sign is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer known for his melodic hooks and frequent high-profile collaborations across hip hop and R&B.
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C.
Sheck Wes
Sheck Wes is an American rapper and songwriter best known for his breakout hit single "Mo Bamba" and his association with Kanye West’s GOOD Music label.
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D.
Migos
Migos is an American hip-hop trio from Georgia known for popularizing the modern trap sound and the triplet rap flow in mainstream rap music.
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E.
Vic Mensa
Vic Mensa is an American rapper and songwriter from Chicago known for his politically charged lyrics, genre-blending style, and collaborations with artists like Chance the Rapper and Kanye West.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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rapper ⓘ singer ⓘ song ⓘ song ⓘ songwriter ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| activeYearsStartYear | 2014 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Shelley
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Shelley FKA DRAM ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Chance the Rapper
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Erykah Badu ⓘ Lil Yachty ⓘ SZA ⓘ |
| birthName | Shelley Marshaun Massenburg-Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1988-08-03 ⓘ |
| debutStudioAlbum | Big Baby D.R.A.M. ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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hip hop ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| grewUpIn | Hampton, Virginia, United States ⓘ |
| hasMusicalInfluence |
gospel music
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soul music ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableSingle |
Broccoli
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Cha Cha ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Broccoli
ⓘ
Cha Cha ⓘ |
| occupation |
rapper
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singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| performer |
D.R.A.M.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Lil Yachty ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Neu-Ulm, Bavaria, West Germany ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2016-10-21 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
ⓘ
Empire Distribution ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2016-04-06 ⓘ |
| stageName |
D.R.A.M.
self-link
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Shelley FKA DRAM ⓘ |
| vocalType | baritone ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: D.R.A.M. Description of subject: D.R.A.M. (now known as Shelley FKA DRAM) is an American rapper and singer best known for his hit single "Broccoli" and his blend of hip hop, R&B, and soul.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.