Shabba-Doo
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Shabba-Doo was an American dancer, choreographer, and actor best known as a pioneering figure in street dance and for his role in the 1980s breakdancing films "Breakin'" and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shabba Doo | 4 |
| Shabba-Doo canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13191959 — 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: Shabba-Doo Context triple: [Adolfo Quinones, alsoKnownAs, Shabba-Doo]
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A.
Shabba Ranks
Shabba Ranks is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist known for helping popularize dancehall music internationally in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
Disko Troop
Disko Troop is the tough, principled Gloucester fishing captain in Rudyard Kipling’s novel "Captains Courageous" who helps transform spoiled rich boy Harvey Cheyne into a responsible young man.
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C.
Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tony! Toni! Toné! is an American R&B and soul group from Oakland, California, known for their influential late-1980s and 1990s hits blending classic soul with contemporary new jack swing.
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D.
Monie Love
Monie Love is a British-born American rapper and radio personality known for her influential role in late-1980s and early-1990s hip hop, particularly for her Afrocentric, socially conscious lyrics and collaborations with artists like Queen Latifah.
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E.
Shoop
"Shoop" is a 1993 hit hip hop single by Salt-N-Pepa known for its catchy hook and playful, female-empowering lyrics.
- 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: Shabba-Doo Target entity description: Shabba-Doo was an American dancer, choreographer, and actor best known as a pioneering figure in street dance and for his role in the 1980s breakdancing films "Breakin'" and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo."
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A.
Shabba Ranks
Shabba Ranks is a Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist known for helping popularize dancehall music internationally in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
Disko Troop
Disko Troop is the tough, principled Gloucester fishing captain in Rudyard Kipling’s novel "Captains Courageous" who helps transform spoiled rich boy Harvey Cheyne into a responsible young man.
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C.
Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tony! Toni! Toné! is an American R&B and soul group from Oakland, California, known for their influential late-1980s and 1990s hits blending classic soul with contemporary new jack swing.
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D.
Monie Love
Monie Love is a British-born American rapper and radio personality known for her influential role in late-1980s and early-1990s hip hop, particularly for her Afrocentric, socially conscious lyrics and collaborations with artists like Queen Latifah.
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E.
Shoop
"Shoop" is a 1993 hit hip hop single by Salt-N-Pepa known for its catchy hook and playful, female-empowering lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
ⓘ
choreographer ⓘ dancer ⓘ human ⓘ street dancer ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2010s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1970s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quiñones
ⓘ
linked to:
Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones
Shabba Doo ⓘ
linked to:
Shabba-Doo
Shabba-Doo Quiñones ⓘ
linked to:
Adolfo "Shabba-Doo" Quinones
|
| birthName |
Adolfo Quiñones
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linked to:
Adolfo Quinones
|
| causeOfDeath | arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Ozone in Breakin'
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Ozone in Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo ⓘ
linked to:
Ozone in Breakin'
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1955-05-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-12-29 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
Puerto Rican American ⓘ
linked to:
Puerto Rican diaspora
|
| fieldOfWork |
choreography
ⓘ
film acting ⓘ television acting ⓘ |
| genre |
hip hop dance
ⓘ
locking ⓘ street dance ⓘ |
| knownFor |
pioneering locking style
ⓘ
pioneering street dance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Lockers ⓘ |
| movement | hip hop culture ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Breakin'
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Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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choreographer ⓘ dancer ⓘ |
| performedWith |
Don Campbell
ⓘ
Toni Basil ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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linked to:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
|
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ |
| workedOn | music videos choreography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shabba-Doo Description of subject: Shabba-Doo was an American dancer, choreographer, and actor best known as a pioneering figure in street dance and for his role in the 1980s breakdancing films "Breakin'" and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo."
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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