Niggaz With Attitude
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Niggaz With Attitude (N.W.A) was a pioneering and controversial American hip hop group from Compton, California, widely credited with popularizing gangsta rap in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Niggaz With Attitude canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6478844 — 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)
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Target entity: Niggaz With Attitude Context triple: [N.W.A, shortNameFor, Niggaz With Attitude]
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A.
Down 4 My Niggaz
"Down 4 My Niggaz" is a hardcore gangsta rap track by C-Murder featuring Snoop Dogg and Magic, known for its aggressive lyrics and enduring popularity in hip-hop culture.
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B.
Niggaz Wanna Act
"Niggaz Wanna Act" is a track by Ma$e from his debut studio album "Harlem World," released during the late-1990s Bad Boy Records era of East Coast hip hop.
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C.
Thug Life
Thug Life was a hip hop group and collective founded by Tupac Shakur, known for its raw depiction of street realities and its influential 1994 album "Thug Life: Volume 1."
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D.
The Infamous Mobb Deep
The Infamous Mobb Deep is a 2014 studio album by the Queensbridge hip hop duo Mobb Deep that combines new material with unreleased tracks from the sessions of their classic 1995 album "The Infamous."
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E.
Gangsta Luv
"Gangsta Luv" is a hip hop/R&B single by Snoop Dogg featuring The-Dream, known for its smooth, melodic production and laid-back West Coast vibe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niggaz With Attitude Target entity description: Niggaz With Attitude (N.W.A) was a pioneering and controversial American hip hop group from Compton, California, widely credited with popularizing gangsta rap in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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A.
Down 4 My Niggaz
"Down 4 My Niggaz" is a hardcore gangsta rap track by C-Murder featuring Snoop Dogg and Magic, known for its aggressive lyrics and enduring popularity in hip-hop culture.
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B.
Niggaz Wanna Act
"Niggaz Wanna Act" is a track by Ma$e from his debut studio album "Harlem World," released during the late-1990s Bad Boy Records era of East Coast hip hop.
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C.
Thug Life
Thug Life was a hip hop group and collective founded by Tupac Shakur, known for its raw depiction of street realities and its influential 1994 album "Thug Life: Volume 1."
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D.
The Infamous Mobb Deep
The Infamous Mobb Deep is a 2014 studio album by the Queensbridge hip hop duo Mobb Deep that combines new material with unreleased tracks from the sessions of their classic 1995 album "The Infamous."
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E.
Gangsta Luv
"Gangsta Luv" is a hip hop/R&B single by Snoop Dogg featuring The-Dream, known for its smooth, melodic production and laid-back West Coast vibe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gangsta rap group
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hip hop group ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1991 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1986 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | N.W.A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Above the Law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Death Row Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Ruthless Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Snoop Dogg NERFINISHED ⓘ The D.O.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
song Fuck tha Police
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
use of profanity and violent themes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| debutAlbum | Straight Outta Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disbandedInYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| formedIn | Compton, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedInYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| formerMember | Arabian Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Eazy-E NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
West Coast hip hop
ⓘ
gangsta rap ⓘ hip hop ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInductionYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| influencedArtist |
Kendrick Lamar
NERFINISHED
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Snoop Dogg NERFINISHED ⓘ The Notorious B.I.G. NERFINISHED ⓘ Tupac Shakur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
West Coast hip hop
NERFINISHED
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gangsta rap ⓘ |
| member |
DJ Yella
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Dre NERFINISHED ⓘ Eazy-E NERFINISHED ⓘ Ice Cube NERFINISHED ⓘ MC Ren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
explicit lyrics about urban crime and police brutality
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popularizing gangsta rap ⓘ |
| notableSong |
Fuck tha Police
NERFINISHED
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Gangsta Gangsta NERFINISHED ⓘ Straight Outta Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Niggaz4Life
NERFINISHED
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Straight Outta Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Compton, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Priority Records
NERFINISHED
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Ruthless Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reunionYears |
1998
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2000 ⓘ 2016 ⓘ |
| secondAlbum | Niggaz4Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | film Straight Outta Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Niggaz With Attitude Description of subject: Niggaz With Attitude (N.W.A) was a pioneering and controversial American hip hop group from Compton, California, widely credited with popularizing gangsta rap in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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