Curtis Eugene Cross
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Curtis Eugene Cross, better known as Black Milk, is an American hip-hop producer and rapper recognized for his soulful, sample-based beats and collaborations with artists from Detroit’s underground scene.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Curtis Eugene Cross canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6154915 — 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: Curtis Eugene Cross Context triple: [Black Milk, birthName, Curtis Eugene Cross]
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A.
Eric Marlon Bishop
Eric Marlon Bishop, better known by his stage name Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, singer, and producer acclaimed for his versatility and Academy Award–winning performances.
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B.
Calvin Broadus
Calvin Broadus, better known as Snoop Dogg, is an iconic American rapper, songwriter, and cultural figure renowned for his laid-back West Coast style and influential role in hip-hop.
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C.
Charles Duncan O’Neal
Charles Duncan O’Neal was a Barbadian physician, social reformer, and political leader celebrated for championing workers’ rights and democratic reforms in early 20th-century Barbados.
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D.
Tyrone S. Woods
Tyrone S. Woods was a former U.S. Navy SEAL and CIA security contractor who was killed while defending American personnel during the 2012 Benghazi attack in Libya.
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E.
Lesane Parish Crooks
Lesane Parish Crooks is the birth name of Tupac Shakur, the influential American rapper, actor, and cultural icon.
- 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: Curtis Eugene Cross Target entity description: Curtis Eugene Cross, better known as Black Milk, is an American hip-hop producer and rapper recognized for his soulful, sample-based beats and collaborations with artists from Detroit’s underground scene.
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A.
Eric Marlon Bishop
Eric Marlon Bishop, better known by his stage name Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian, singer, and producer acclaimed for his versatility and Academy Award–winning performances.
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B.
Calvin Broadus
Calvin Broadus, better known as Snoop Dogg, is an iconic American rapper, songwriter, and cultural figure renowned for his laid-back West Coast style and influential role in hip-hop.
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C.
Charles Duncan O’Neal
Charles Duncan O’Neal was a Barbadian physician, social reformer, and political leader celebrated for championing workers’ rights and democratic reforms in early 20th-century Barbados.
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D.
Tyrone S. Woods
Tyrone S. Woods was a former U.S. Navy SEAL and CIA security contractor who was killed while defending American personnel during the 2012 Benghazi attack in Libya.
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E.
Lesane Parish Crooks
Lesane Parish Crooks is the birth name of Tupac Shakur, the influential American rapper, actor, and cultural icon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hip hop producer
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human ⓘ rapper ⓘ |
| activeIn | 21st century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Danny Brown
NERFINISHED
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Elzhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Guilty Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ J Dilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Pharoahe Monch NERFINISHED ⓘ Random Axe NERFINISHED ⓘ Royce da 5'9" NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Skyzoo NERFINISHED ⓘ Slum Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Curtis Eugene Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Danny Brown
NERFINISHED
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Elzhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Guilty Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ Royce da 5'9" NERFINISHED ⓘ Sean Price NERFINISHED ⓘ Skyzoo NERFINISHED ⓘ Slum Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
hip hop
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underground hip hop ⓘ |
| instrument |
drum machine
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sampler ⓘ turntables ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Random Axe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Detroit underground hip hop collaborations
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soulful sample-based beats ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Album of the Year
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FEVER NERFINISHED ⓘ If There’s a Hell Below NERFINISHED ⓘ No Poison No Paradise NERFINISHED ⓘ Popular Demand NERFINISHED ⓘ Tronic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
rapper
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record producer ⓘ |
| origin | Detroit hip hop scene ⓘ |
| stageName | Black Milk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesProductionStyle |
hard-hitting drums
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sample-based production ⓘ soulful sound ⓘ |
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: Curtis Eugene Cross Description of subject: Curtis Eugene Cross, better known as Black Milk, is an American hip-hop producer and rapper recognized for his soulful, sample-based beats and collaborations with artists from Detroit’s underground scene.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.