The 45 King
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The 45 King was an influential American hip-hop DJ and producer known for his distinctive breakbeats and classic tracks like "The 900 Number," as well as his work with major artists in the 1980s and 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The 45 King canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5937215 — 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: The 45 King Context triple: [Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem), producer, The 45 King]
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A.
County of Kings
County of Kings is the formal name for Brooklyn, a densely populated borough of New York City known for its cultural diversity and historic neighborhoods.
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B.
The King
The King is the iconic nickname of Elvis Presley, the pioneering American rock and roll singer and cultural figure often regarded as one of the most significant entertainers of the 20th century.
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C.
The King
The King is a conman and one of the two unscrupulous drifters who travel with Huck and Jim, posing as royalty to swindle people in Mark Twain’s "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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D.
The King
"The King" is an English translation of the Arabic divine name "Al-Malik," one of the 99 Names of Allah in Islam, signifying God's absolute sovereignty and dominion over all creation.
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E.
The King
The King is the legendary American professional golfer Arnold Palmer, renowned for his charismatic personality and transformative impact on popularizing the sport.
- 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: The 45 King Target entity description: The 45 King was an influential American hip-hop DJ and producer known for his distinctive breakbeats and classic tracks like "The 900 Number," as well as his work with major artists in the 1980s and 1990s.
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A.
County of Kings
County of Kings is the formal name for Brooklyn, a densely populated borough of New York City known for its cultural diversity and historic neighborhoods.
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B.
The King
The King is the iconic nickname of Elvis Presley, the pioneering American rock and roll singer and cultural figure often regarded as one of the most significant entertainers of the 20th century.
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C.
The King
"The King" is an English translation of the Arabic divine name "Al-Malik," one of the 99 Names of Allah in Islam, signifying God's absolute sovereignty and dominion over all creation.
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D.
The King
The King is the legendary American professional golfer Arnold Palmer, renowned for his charismatic personality and transformative impact on popularizing the sport.
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E.
The King
The King is a conman and one of the two unscrupulous drifters who travel with Huck and Jim, posing as royalty to swindle people in Mark Twain’s "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hip hop DJ
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hip hop musician ⓘ hip hop producer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
DJ Mark the 45 King
NERFINISHED
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Mark the 45 King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Apache
NERFINISHED
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Chill Rob G NERFINISHED ⓘ DJ Kool NERFINISHED ⓘ Eminem NERFINISHED ⓘ Gang Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ JAY-Z NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakim Shabazz NERFINISHED ⓘ Latee NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Latifah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Mark Howard James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1961-10-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023-10-19 ⓘ |
| genre |
boom bap
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hip hop ⓘ |
| influenced |
DJ Premier
NERFINISHED
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Pete Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ large number of 1990s hip hop producers ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | East Coast hip hop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
distinctive breakbeats
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use of 45 rpm records for sampling ⓘ |
| memberOf | Flavor Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | The 45 King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Flavor Unit productions
NERFINISHED
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Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) NERFINISHED ⓘ Stan NERFINISHED ⓘ The 900 Number NERFINISHED ⓘ The 900 Number EP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
DJ
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record producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| producedTrack |
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) by JAY-Z
NERFINISHED
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Ladies First by Queen Latifah featuring Monie Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Stan by Eminem ⓘ Wrath of My Madness by Queen Latifah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raisedIn | New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
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Tuff City Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: The 45 King Description of subject: The 45 King was an influential American hip-hop DJ and producer known for his distinctive breakbeats and classic tracks like "The 900 Number," as well as his work with major artists in the 1980s and 1990s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.