DeVante Swing
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DeVante Swing is an American record producer, songwriter, and musician best known as the creative force and primary producer behind the influential R&B group Jodeci.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DeVante Swing canonical | 38 |
| Devante Swing | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6292852 — 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: DeVante Swing Context triple: [Jodeci, member, DeVante Swing]
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A.
DeVon Franklin
DeVon Franklin is an American film producer, author, and motivational speaker known for his work in faith-based entertainment and inspirational media.
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B.
Kenny Dantley
Kenny Dantley is the teenage auto-shop prodigy and protagonist of the film "Corvette Summer," known for his obsession with and pursuit of a customized Corvette.
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C.
Cleyson Brown
Cleyson Brown was an American entrepreneur and telephone industry pioneer who co-founded the company that eventually became Sprint Corporation.
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D.
Larrance Dopson
Larrance Dopson is a Grammy-winning American record producer, songwriter, and musician known for his work with top hip-hop and R&B artists and as a member of the production collective 1500 or Nothin'.
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E.
Cedric Yarbrough
Cedric Yarbrough is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles on the TV series "Reno 911!" and for voicing characters in animated shows such as "The Boondocks."
- 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: DeVante Swing Target entity description: DeVante Swing is an American record producer, songwriter, and musician best known as the creative force and primary producer behind the influential R&B group Jodeci.
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A.
DeVon Franklin
DeVon Franklin is an American film producer, author, and motivational speaker known for his work in faith-based entertainment and inspirational media.
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B.
Kenny Dantley
Kenny Dantley is the teenage auto-shop prodigy and protagonist of the film "Corvette Summer," known for his obsession with and pursuit of a customized Corvette.
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C.
Cleyson Brown
Cleyson Brown was an American entrepreneur and telephone industry pioneer who co-founded the company that eventually became Sprint Corporation.
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D.
Larrance Dopson
Larrance Dopson is a Grammy-winning American record producer, songwriter, and musician known for his work with top hip-hop and R&B artists and as a member of the production collective 1500 or Nothin'.
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E.
Cedric Yarbrough
Cedric Yarbrough is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles on the TV series "Reno 911!" and for voicing characters in animated shows such as "The Boondocks."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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keyboardist ⓘ musician ⓘ record producer ⓘ rhythm and blues musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | late 1980s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Ginuwine
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Jodeci ⓘ Missy Elliott ⓘ Playa ⓘ Sista ⓘ Static Major ⓘ Timbaland ⓘ |
| birthName | Donald Earle DeGrate Jr. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| familyName | DeGrate ⓘ |
| founded | Swing Mob ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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contemporary R&B ⓘ hip hop soul ⓘ new jack swing ⓘ soul music ⓘ |
| givenName | Donald ⓘ |
| instrument |
drum machine
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keyboards ⓘ piano ⓘ sampler ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Jodeci ⓘ |
| name | DeVante Swing ⓘ |
| notableAlias | Swing ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the creative force behind Jodeci
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pioneering 1990s R&B and hip hop soul production style ⓘ |
| notableSongWritten |
Come and Talk to Me
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Forever My Lady ⓘ Stay (Jodeci song) ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Diary of a Mad Band (album)
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linked to:
Diary of a Mad Band
Forever My Lady (album) ⓘ
linked to:
Forever My Lady
The Past, The Present, The Future (album) ⓘ
linked to:
The Past, the Present, the Future
The Show, the After Party, the Hotel (album) ⓘ
linked to:
The Show, the After Party, the Hotel
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| occupation |
keyboardist
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musician ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ |
| positionHeld | primary producer of Jodeci ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Swing Mob ⓘ |
| sibling | Dalvin DeGrate ⓘ |
| stageName | DeVante Swing ⓘ |
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: DeVante Swing Description of subject: DeVante Swing is an American record producer, songwriter, and musician best known as the creative force and primary producer behind the influential R&B group Jodeci.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
album "What’s the 411?"
subject linked to:
album "My Life"
subject linked to:
"What’s the 411?"
linked to: DeVante Swing
subject linked to:
"Can U Get wit It"
subject linked to:
"Can U Get wit It"