Heavy D
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Heavy D was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and leader of the influential hip hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, known for his smooth delivery and crossover appeal in the late 1980s and 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heavy D canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6292911 — 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: Heavy D Context triple: [Father MC, associatedAct, Heavy D]
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A.
Heavy
"Heavy" is a soulful R&B song by American singer SiR, known for its smooth production and introspective lyrics.
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B.
Heavy
"Heavy" is a 2017 pop-rock single by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara that marked a stylistic shift toward a more minimalist, electronic-influenced sound and sparked mixed reactions from fans and critics.
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C.
Hard Core
Hard Core is the 1996 debut studio album by American rapper Lil' Kim, known for its explicit lyrics, hardcore hip-hop sound, and influential role in shaping female rap.
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D.
Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse set at Blandings Castle, featuring Lord Emsworth, his prize pig the Empress of Blandings, and a tangle of romantic and criminal misadventures.
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E.
Hardcore
Hardcore is a 1979 American crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader that follows a conservative Midwestern father searching the seedy underworld of the porn industry for his missing daughter.
- 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: Heavy D Target entity description: Heavy D was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and leader of the influential hip hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, known for his smooth delivery and crossover appeal in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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A.
Heavy
"Heavy" is a soulful R&B song by American singer SiR, known for its smooth production and introspective lyrics.
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B.
Heavy
"Heavy" is a 2017 pop-rock single by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara that marked a stylistic shift toward a more minimalist, electronic-influenced sound and sparked mixed reactions from fans and critics.
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C.
Hard Core
Hard Core is the 1996 debut studio album by American rapper Lil' Kim, known for its explicit lyrics, hardcore hip-hop sound, and influential role in shaping female rap.
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D.
Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse set at Blandings Castle, featuring Lord Emsworth, his prize pig the Empress of Blandings, and a tangle of romantic and criminal misadventures.
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E.
Hardcore
Hardcore is a 1979 American crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader that follows a conservative Midwestern father searching the seedy underworld of the porn industry for his missing daughter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2011 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
film "Life"
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film "Tower Heist" NERFINISHED ⓘ television series "In Living Color" NERFINISHED ⓘ television series "Roc" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Al B. Sure!
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heavy D & the Boyz NERFINISHED ⓘ Jodeci NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary J. Blige NERFINISHED ⓘ Teddy Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ Uptown Records artists ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Soul Train Music Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Dwight Arrington Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | pulmonary embolism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-05-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2011-11-08 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jamaican American ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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hip hop ⓘ new jack swing ⓘ |
| influenced |
Notorious B.I.G.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pete Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ Puff Daddy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
crossover appeal
ⓘ
smooth delivery ⓘ |
| memberOf | Heavy D & the Boyz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Grammy Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
album "Big Tyme"
NERFINISHED
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album "Blue Funk" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Heavy" ⓘ album "Living Large" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Nuttin' But Love" NERFINISHED ⓘ album "Peaceful Journey" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Is It Good to You" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Now That We Found Love" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Nuttin' But Love" NERFINISHED ⓘ song "Somebody for Me" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Mandeville, Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | lead rapper of Heavy D & the Boyz ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
MCA Records
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Uptown Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Mount Vernon, New York, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInMusicIndustry | president of Uptown Records ⓘ |
| stageName | Heavy D NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Heavy D Description of subject: Heavy D was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and leader of the influential hip hop group Heavy D & the Boyz, known for his smooth delivery and crossover appeal in the late 1980s and 1990s.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.