Tommy Boy Records
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Tommy Boy Records is an influential American hip hop and electronic music record label known for launching and nurturing groundbreaking artists and shaping 1980s–1990s urban music culture.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tommy Boy Records canonical | 17 |
| Tommy Boy Entertainment | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3129170 — 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: Tommy Boy Records Context triple: [Prince Rakeem, recordLabel, Tommy Boy 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.
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is a prominent record label best known for signing and promoting influential heavy metal and hard rock artists worldwide.
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C.
Soda Pop Records
Soda Pop Records is a record label founded by acclaimed R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
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D.
Rowdy Records
Rowdy Records is a record label known for working with R&B artists such as Monica in the 1990s.
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E.
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.
- 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: Tommy Boy Records Target entity description: Tommy Boy Records is an influential American hip hop and electronic music record label known for launching and nurturing groundbreaking artists and shaping 1980s–1990s urban music culture.
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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.
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is a prominent record label best known for signing and promoting influential heavy metal and hard rock artists worldwide.
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C.
Soda Pop Records
Soda Pop Records is a record label founded by acclaimed R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
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D.
Rowdy Records
Rowdy Records is a record label known for working with R&B artists such as Monica in the 1990s.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronic music record label
ⓘ
hip hop record label ⓘ record label ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distribution |
WEA
ⓘ
linked to:
WEA Inc.
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
club music
ⓘ
urban music ⓘ |
| foundedAs | independent record label ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Tom Silverman ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
dance music ⓘ electronic music ⓘ hip hop ⓘ |
| hasImprint |
Tommy Boy Black Label
ⓘ
Tommy Boy Silver Label ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 1981 ⓘ |
| locationFounded | New York City ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influencing 1980s urban music culture
ⓘ
influencing 1990s urban music culture ⓘ launching influential electronic music artists ⓘ launching influential hip hop artists ⓘ pioneering alternative hip hop ⓘ pioneering dance music in the US ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Warner Music Group ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Warner Music Group ⓘ |
| released |
“Fantastic Voyage”
ⓘ
“Jump Around” ⓘ
linked to:
Jump Around
“Me Myself and I” ⓘ
linked to:
"Me Myself and I"
“O.P.P.” ⓘ “Planet Rock” ⓘ
linked to:
"Planet Rock"
|
| signedArtist |
Afrika Bambaataa
ⓘ
Coolio ⓘ De La Soul ⓘ Digital Underground ⓘ House of Pain ⓘ Information Society ⓘ Naughty by Nature ⓘ Queen Latifah ⓘ Stetsasonic ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence |
1980s
ⓘ
1990s ⓘ |
| website | https://www.tommyboyrecords.com/ ⓘ |
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: Tommy Boy Records Description of subject: Tommy Boy Records is an influential American hip hop and electronic music record label known for launching and nurturing groundbreaking artists and shaping 1980s–1990s urban music culture.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tommy Boy Records
linked to: Tommy Boy Records
subject linked to:
"Planet Rock"
subject linked to:
album "The Meth Lab"