Malik B.

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hip hop musician human rapper songwriter

Malik B. was an American rapper and founding member of the influential hip hop band The Roots, known for his complex lyricism and contributions to the group’s early sound.

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Malik B. canonical 46
Malik B 6
Malik B. is best known as a founding member and rapper of The Roots 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
rapper ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2020 ⓘ
activeYearsStart early 1990s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Malik ⓘ
Malik Abdul Basit ⓘ
associatedAct Mr. Green ⓘ
The Roots ⓘ
basedIn Philadelphia ⓘ
birthName Malik Abdul Basit ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1972-11-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-07-29 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
fieldOfWork hip hop music ⓘ
music ⓘ
genre alternative hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn underground hip hop ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf The Roots ⓘ
name Malik B. self-link ⓘ
notableFor complex lyricism ⓘ
contributions to the early sound of The Roots ⓘ
notableSong Clones ⓘ
Distortion to Static ⓘ
Proceed ⓘ
Respond/React ⓘ
notableWork Do You Want More?!!!??! ⓘ
Illadelph Halflife ⓘ
Organix ⓘ
Things Fall Apart ⓘ
occupation rapper ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
partOf early lineup of The Roots ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
release Street Assault ⓘ
Unpredictable ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Unpredictable is a collaborative album with Mr. Green ⓘ

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The Roots → formerMember → Malik B. ⓘ
Do You Want More?!!!??! → mainPerformer → Malik B. ⓘ
Organix → featuresArtist → Malik B. ⓘ
Malik B. → name → Malik B. self-link ⓘ
Rising Down → featuresArtist → Malik B. ⓘ
The Roots Is Comin' → associatedBandMember → Malik B. ⓘ
Leonard Hubbard – bass → playedWith → Malik B. ⓘ
subject surface form: Leonard Hubbard
Distortion to Static → hasLyricist → Malik B. ⓘ
Distortion to Static → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
Mellow My Man → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
Mellow My Man → writer → Malik B. ⓘ
Silent Treatment → writer → Malik B. ⓘ
Silent Treatment → performerMember → Malik B. ⓘ
Swept Away → hasArtistMember → Malik B. ⓘ
Concerto of the Desperado → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malik B
Concerto of the Desperado → hasLyricist → Malik B. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malik B
UNIverse at War → writer → Malik B. ⓘ
No Alibi → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malik B
No Alibi → writer → Malik B. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malik B
Push Up Ya Lighter → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malik B
The Hypnotic → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malik B
One Shine → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
The Next Movement → writer → Malik B. ⓘ
Step Into The Realm → writer → Malik B. ⓘ
Step Into The Realm → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New → writer → Malik B. ⓘ
Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
Game Theory (album) by The Roots → producer → Malik B. ⓘ
subject surface form: Game Theory
Game Theory (album) by The Roots → featuresArtist → Malik B. ⓘ
subject surface form: Game Theory
Malik Abdul Basit → stageName → Malik B. ⓘ
Mr. Green → associatedWith → Malik B. ⓘ
Street Assault → artist → Malik B. ⓘ
Street Assault → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
Street Assault → primaryVocalist → Malik B. ⓘ
Street Assault → featuresRappingBy → Malik B. ⓘ
Street Assault → creditedArtist → Malik B. ⓘ
Unpredictable → artist → Malik B. ⓘ
Unpredictable → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
Proceed → vocalist → Malik B. ⓘ
Proceed → hasLyricist → Malik B. ⓘ
Proceed → featuresArtist → Malik B. ⓘ
Clones → artist → Malik B. ⓘ
Clones → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
Clones → hasLyricist → Malik B. ⓘ
Clones → hasVocalist → Malik B. ⓘ
Clones → hasArtistBackground → Malik B. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malik B. is best known as a founding member and rapper of The Roots
Respond/React → artist → Malik B. ⓘ
Respond/React → performer → Malik B. ⓘ
Respond/React → vocalist → Malik B. ⓘ
Respond/React → hasLyricist → Malik B. ⓘ