The Inc. Records
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The Inc. Records is a hip-hop and R&B record label founded by Irv Gotti, known for releasing major hits in the early 2000s by artists like Ja Rule and Ashanti.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Inc. Records canonical | 8 |
| The Inc. (label compilations) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5370590 — 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: The Inc. Records Context triple: [Ja Rule, recordLabel, The Inc. Records]
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A.
Streamline Records
Streamline Records is a record label associated with major pop acts, notably helping launch the early career of American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga.
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B.
Brando Records
Brando Records is an independent music label known for working with alternative rock acts such as Blue October.
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C.
K Records
K Records is an independent record label based in Olympia, Washington, known for its influential role in the DIY, indie rock, and lo-fi music scenes.
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D.
Riverside Records
Riverside Records was an influential American jazz record label, especially prominent in the 1950s and 1960s, known for recording major artists such as Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, and Chet Baker.
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E.
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a British record label known for releasing a wide range of pop, rock, and jazz recordings, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s.
- 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: The Inc. Records Target entity description: The Inc. Records is a hip-hop and R&B record label founded by Irv Gotti, known for releasing major hits in the early 2000s by artists like Ja Rule and Ashanti.
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A.
Streamline Records
Streamline Records is a record label associated with major pop acts, notably helping launch the early career of American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga.
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B.
Brando Records
Brando Records is an independent music label known for working with alternative rock acts such as Blue October.
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C.
K Records
K Records is an independent record label based in Olympia, Washington, known for its influential role in the DIY, indie rock, and lo-fi music scenes.
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D.
Riverside Records
Riverside Records was an influential American jazz record label, especially prominent in the 1950s and 1960s, known for recording major artists such as Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, and Chet Baker.
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E.
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a British record label known for releasing a wide range of pop, rock, and jazz recordings, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
R&B record label
ⓘ
record label ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Irv Gotti
ⓘ
Murderers ⓘ |
| associatedGenre | East Coast hip hop ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States of America ⓘ |
| distributor | Def Jam Recordings ⓘ |
| era | early 2000s ⓘ |
| formerName | Murder Inc. Records ⓘ |
| founder | Irv Gotti ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
releasing major R&B hits in the early 2000s
ⓘ
releasing major hip hop hits in the early 2000s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| medium |
compact disc
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ streaming audio ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Ashanti
ⓘ
Black Child ⓘ Cadillac Tah ⓘ
linked to:
Caddillac Tah
Charli Baltimore ⓘ Ja Rule ⓘ Lloyd ⓘ Vita ⓘ |
| notableRelease |
Ashanti – Ashanti
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashanti
Ashanti – Chapter II ⓘ
linked to:
Ashanti (album)
Ja Rule – Pain Is Love ⓘ Ja Rule – Rule 3:36 ⓘ Lloyd – Southside ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Universal Music Group ⓘ |
| product | recorded music ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
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: The Inc. Records Description of subject: The Inc. Records is a hip-hop and R&B record label founded by Irv Gotti, known for releasing major hits in the early 2000s by artists like Ja Rule and Ashanti.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Inc. Records