M. Lamar
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M. Lamar is an American composer, musician, and visual artist known for his operatic vocal style and works exploring race, sexuality, and identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| M. Lamar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5018888 — 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: M. Lamar Context triple: [Laverne Cox, hasTwinSibling, M. Lamar]
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A.
William Bell
William Bell is an American soul singer and songwriter closely associated with the classic Memphis soul sound.
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B.
Hubert Gerold Brown
Hubert Gerold Brown, better known as H. Rap Brown, is an American civil rights activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who became a prominent figure in the Black Power movement.
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C.
Robert Tatum
Robert Tatum was an American mountaineer best known as a member of the first successful expedition to reach the summit of Denali (Mount McKinley) in 1913.
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D.
LeRoy Pope Walker
LeRoy Pope Walker was the first Confederate States Secretary of War, overseeing the Confederate war effort at the outset of the American Civil War.
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E.
Nasir Pemberton
Nasir Pemberton is a songwriter and music producer known for his work on contemporary hip-hop and R&B projects.
- 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: M. Lamar Target entity description: M. Lamar is an American composer, musician, and visual artist known for his operatic vocal style and works exploring race, sexuality, and identity.
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A.
William Bell
William Bell is an American soul singer and songwriter closely associated with the classic Memphis soul sound.
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B.
Hubert Gerold Brown
Hubert Gerold Brown, better known as H. Rap Brown, is an American civil rights activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who became a prominent figure in the Black Power movement.
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C.
Robert Tatum
Robert Tatum was an American mountaineer best known as a member of the first successful expedition to reach the summit of Denali (Mount McKinley) in 1913.
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D.
LeRoy Pope Walker
LeRoy Pope Walker was the first Confederate States Secretary of War, overseeing the Confederate war effort at the outset of the American Civil War.
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E.
Nasir Pemberton
Nasir Pemberton is a songwriter and music producer known for his work on contemporary hip-hop and R&B projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
ⓘ
human ⓘ multimedia artist ⓘ musician ⓘ performance artist ⓘ singer ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| artisticMedium |
installation
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piano ⓘ video ⓘ voice ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
San Francisco Art Institute
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linked to:
California School of Fine Arts
Yale School of Art ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
music
ⓘ
performance art ⓘ race and identity ⓘ sexuality and gender ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde music
ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ gothic ⓘ metal ⓘ opera ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Afrofuturism
ⓘ
Black radical tradition ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of identity in art
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exploration of race in art ⓘ exploration of sexuality in art ⓘ operatic vocal style ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Lordship & Bondage: The Birth of the Negro Superman
ⓘ
Negrogothic ⓘ Surveillance Punishment and the Black Psyche ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
musician ⓘ performance artist ⓘ pianist ⓘ singer ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| performedIn | Orange Is the New Black ⓘ |
| role | played pre-transition version of Laverne Cox’s character in Orange Is the New Black ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Laverne Cox ⓘ |
| vocalType | countertenor ⓘ |
| website | https://m-lamar.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: M. Lamar Description of subject: M. Lamar is an American composer, musician, and visual artist known for his operatic vocal style and works exploring race, sexuality, and identity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.