Ma$e
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Ma$e is an American rapper and songwriter known for his late-1990s success with Bad Boy Records and his smooth, laid-back delivery on hits like "Feel So Good."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ma$e canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1627823 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ma$e Context triple: [Cruel Summer, hasArtist, Ma$e]
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A.
Ma
Ma is a common Chinese surname borne by many notable individuals across fields such as music, politics, and sports.
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B.
Manda
Manda is a lesser-known Dravidian language spoken by tribal communities in parts of eastern India, particularly in Odisha.
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C.
Maimies
Maimies is an alternate historical name for the Mayaimi people, a Native American group that once inhabited the Lake Okeechobee region of present-day Florida.
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D.
Ga Mashie
Ga Mashie is a historic coastal community in Accra, Ghana, regarded as the traditional heartland and cultural center of the Ga people.
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E.
MUHA
MUHA is the ICAO airport code for José Martí International Airport, the main international gateway serving Havana, Cuba.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ma$e Target entity description: Ma$e is an American rapper and songwriter known for his late-1990s success with Bad Boy Records and his smooth, laid-back delivery on hits like "Feel So Good."
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A.
Ma
Ma is a common Chinese surname borne by many notable individuals across fields such as music, politics, and sports.
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B.
Manda
Manda is a lesser-known Dravidian language spoken by tribal communities in parts of eastern India, particularly in Odisha.
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C.
Maimies
Maimies is an alternate historical name for the Mayaimi people, a Native American group that once inhabited the Lake Okeechobee region of present-day Florida.
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D.
Ga Mashie
Ga Mashie is a historic coastal community in Accra, Ghana, regarded as the traditional heartland and cultural center of the Ga people.
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E.
MUHA
MUHA is the ICAO airport code for José Martí International Airport, the main international gateway serving Havana, Cuba.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
rapper ⓘ recording artist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn | music industry ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1990s
ⓘ
2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mase
ⓘ
Mase ⓘ
surface form:
Murda Mase
|
| associatedAct |
112
ⓘ
50 Cent ⓘ Cam'ron ⓘ P. Diddy ⓘ
surface form:
Diddy
G-Unit ⓘ P. Diddy ⓘ
surface form:
Puff Daddy
The LOX ⓘ The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ Total ⓘ |
| birthName |
Mason Betha
ⓘ
surface form:
Mason Durell Betha
|
| birthPlace |
Harlem
ⓘ
surface form:
Harlem, New York City
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Harlem World ⓘ |
| genre |
East Coast hip hop
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ rap ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with Bad Boy Records artists
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hit single Feel So Good ⓘ late-1990s commercial success ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Bad Boy Records roster ⓘ |
| musicalStyle |
laid-back flow
ⓘ
smooth delivery ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAlbum |
Double Up
ⓘ
Harlem World ⓘ Welcome Back ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
rose to prominence in the late 1990s
ⓘ
signed to Bad Boy Records in the 1990s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Feel So Good
ⓘ
Harlem World ⓘ Lookin’ at Me ⓘ
surface form:
Lookin' at Me
Mo Money Mo Problems ⓘ What You Want ⓘ |
| occupation |
pastor
ⓘ
rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Arista Records
ⓘ
Bad Boy Records ⓘ G-Unit Records ⓘ |
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: Ma$e Description of subject: Ma$e is an American rapper and songwriter known for his late-1990s success with Bad Boy Records and his smooth, laid-back delivery on hits like "Feel So Good."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.