Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
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Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie is an American hip-hop producer and rapper best known for his work with Bad Boy Records and his influential role in shaping the sound of 1990s East Coast rap.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie canonical | 16 |
| showcasing Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie as a rapper | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T522997 — 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: Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie Context triple: [The College Dropout, producer, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie]
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A.
Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli is an American rapper and activist known for his socially conscious lyrics and influential role in underground and alternative hip hop.
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B.
LL Cool J
LL Cool J is an American rapper and actor who emerged as one of hip-hop’s early stars and later became widely known for his roles in film and television.
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C.
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean is a Haitian-born rapper, musician, and producer best known as a member of the Fugees and for his successful solo career blending hip hop, reggae, and world music.
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D.
Q-Tip
Q-Tip is an American rapper, producer, and founding member of A Tribe Called Quest, renowned for his influential role in shaping alternative hip hop and jazz rap.
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E.
Swizz Beatz
Swizz Beatz is an American record producer, rapper, and entrepreneur known for his influential work in hip-hop and collaborations with numerous major artists.
- 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: Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie Target entity description: Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie is an American hip-hop producer and rapper best known for his work with Bad Boy Records and his influential role in shaping the sound of 1990s East Coast rap.
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A.
Talib Kweli
Talib Kweli is an American rapper and activist known for his socially conscious lyrics and influential role in underground and alternative hip hop.
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B.
LL Cool J
LL Cool J is an American rapper and actor who emerged as one of hip-hop’s early stars and later became widely known for his roles in film and television.
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C.
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean is a Haitian-born rapper, musician, and producer best known as a member of the Fugees and for his successful solo career blending hip hop, reggae, and world music.
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D.
Q-Tip
Q-Tip is an American rapper, producer, and founding member of A Tribe Called Quest, renowned for his influential role in shaping alternative hip hop and jazz rap.
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E.
Swizz Beatz
Swizz Beatz is an American record producer, rapper, and entrepreneur known for his influential work in hip-hop and collaborations with numerous major artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hip hop musician
ⓘ
human ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1990s
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2000s ⓘ |
| alias |
D-Dot
ⓘ
The Mad Rapper ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bad Boy Records
ⓘ
surface form:
Bad Boy Entertainment
Mase ⓘ P. Diddy ⓘ
surface form:
Puff Daddy
The Hitmen production team ⓘ The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ |
| basedIn |
New York metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
New York City metropolitan area
|
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Bad Boy Records ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music production
ⓘ
rap performance ⓘ songwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
East Coast hip hop
ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ |
| influenced | late 1990s commercial hip hop sound ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | The Hitmen ⓘ |
| name | Deric Angelettie ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comedic alter-ego The Mad Rapper
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influential role in 1990s East Coast rap sound ⓘ skits on Bad Boy Records releases ⓘ work with Bad Boy Records ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Mad Rapper skits
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album "Tell 'Em Why U Madd" ⓘ production for Mase ⓘ production for Puff Daddy ⓘ production for The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ |
| occupation |
rapper
ⓘ
record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| partOf | 1990s East Coast hip hop scene ⓘ |
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: Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie Description of subject: Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie is an American hip-hop producer and rapper best known for his work with Bad Boy Records and his influential role in shaping the sound of 1990s East Coast rap.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tell 'Em Why U Madd
subject surface form:
Tell 'Em Why U Madd
subject surface form:
Tell 'Em Why U Madd
this entity surface form:
showcasing Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie as a rapper
subject surface form:
Tell 'Em Why U Madd
subject surface form:
The Mad Rapper
subject surface form:
The Mad Rapper
subject surface form:
The Mad Rapper
subject surface form:
The Mad Rapper