Masta Ace
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Masta Ace is an American rapper and hip-hop artist from Brooklyn, New York, known for his storytelling lyricism and influential work since the late 1980s, including his role in the Juice Crew.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5986456 — 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: Masta Ace Context triple: [Charles Misodi Njapa, associatedAct, Masta Ace]
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A.
DJ Muggs
DJ Muggs is an American DJ and producer best known as the primary producer for Cypress Hill and for his influential work in hip hop and trip-hop.
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B.
Lord Finesse
Lord Finesse is an American hip-hop MC and producer from the Bronx, best known as a founding member of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew and for his influential work in 1990s East Coast rap.
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C.
Cormega
Cormega is an American rapper from Queensbridge, New York, known for his gritty street narratives and association with the early Nas-led hip-hop collective The Firm.
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D.
Pharoahe Monch
Pharoahe Monch is an American rapper and lyricist known for his complex wordplay, intricate rhyme schemes, and influential work in underground hip-hop.
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E.
Mack 10
Mack 10 is an American West Coast rapper and actor known for his solo work and as a founding member of the hip hop supergroup Westside Connection.
- 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: Masta Ace Target entity description: Masta Ace is an American rapper and hip-hop artist from Brooklyn, New York, known for his storytelling lyricism and influential work since the late 1980s, including his role in the Juice Crew.
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A.
DJ Muggs
DJ Muggs is an American DJ and producer best known as the primary producer for Cypress Hill and for his influential work in hip hop and trip-hop.
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B.
Lord Finesse
Lord Finesse is an American hip-hop MC and producer from the Bronx, best known as a founding member of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew and for his influential work in 1990s East Coast rap.
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C.
Cormega
Cormega is an American rapper from Queensbridge, New York, known for his gritty street narratives and association with the early Nas-led hip-hop collective The Firm.
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D.
Pharoahe Monch
Pharoahe Monch is an American rapper and lyricist known for his complex wordplay, intricate rhyme schemes, and influential work in underground hip-hop.
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E.
Mack 10
Mack 10 is an American West Coast rapper and actor known for his solo work and as a founding member of the hip hop supergroup Westside Connection.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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rapper ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1988 ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
MF DOOM
NERFINISHED
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Stricklin NERFINISHED ⓘ eMC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Duval Clear NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | Clear ⓘ |
| genre |
East Coast hip hop
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ underground hip hop ⓘ |
| givenName | Duval NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalRole |
MC
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vocalist ⓘ |
| influenced |
Eminem
NERFINISHED
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underground hip hop artists ⓘ |
| knownFor |
concept albums
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storytelling lyricism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Juice Crew
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
eMC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Masta Ace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Born to Roll
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Good Ol Love NERFINISHED ⓘ Me & the Biz NERFINISHED ⓘ Sittin' on Chrome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Breukelen Story
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
A Long Hot Summer NERFINISHED ⓘ Disposable Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ MA Doom: Son of Yvonne NERFINISHED ⓘ Sittin' on Chrome NERFINISHED ⓘ SlaughtaHouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Take a Look Around NERFINISHED ⓘ The Falling Season NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
rapper
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record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| partOf | Golden age hip hop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Cold Chillin' Records
NERFINISHED
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Delicious Vinyl NERFINISHED ⓘ Duck Down Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Masta Ace Description of subject: Masta Ace is an American rapper and hip-hop artist from Brooklyn, New York, known for his storytelling lyricism and influential work since the late 1980s, including his role in the Juice Crew.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MC Shan
subject surface form:
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