The Last Poets
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The Last Poets are a pioneering spoken-word and musical collective widely regarded as forerunners of hip-hop and politically charged rap.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Last Poets canonical | 29 |
| The Last Poets (album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T523707 — 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: The Last Poets Context triple: [Be, featuresArtist, The Last Poets]
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A.
The Roots
The Roots are a critically acclaimed American hip hop band from Philadelphia known for their live instrumentation and role as the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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B.
Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur is a former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member, convicted in the 1973 killing of a New Jersey state trooper, who became an icon of Black radical resistance after escaping prison and receiving political asylum in Cuba.
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C.
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary Black nationalist and socialist organization in the United States known for its armed self-defense against police brutality and its community social programs in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Burning Spear
Burning Spear is a pioneering Jamaican roots reggae singer and songwriter renowned for his spiritually charged, politically conscious music closely associated with Rastafarianism.
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E.
Max Roach
Max Roach was a pioneering American jazz drummer and composer, renowned as a key architect of bebop and modern jazz rhythm.
- 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: The Last Poets Target entity description: The Last Poets are a pioneering spoken-word and musical collective widely regarded as forerunners of hip-hop and politically charged rap.
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A.
The Roots
The Roots are a critically acclaimed American hip hop band from Philadelphia known for their live instrumentation and role as the house band for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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B.
Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur is a former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member, convicted in the 1973 killing of a New Jersey state trooper, who became an icon of Black radical resistance after escaping prison and receiving political asylum in Cuba.
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C.
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary Black nationalist and socialist organization in the United States known for its armed self-defense against police brutality and its community social programs in the 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Burning Spear
Burning Spear is a pioneering Jamaican roots reggae singer and songwriter renowned for his spiritually charged, politically conscious music closely associated with Rastafarianism.
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E.
Max Roach
Max Roach was a pioneering American jazz drummer and composer, renowned as a key architect of bebop and modern jazz rhythm.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical collective
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poetry collective ⓘ spoken word group ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
Black Arts Movement
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Black Power movement ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| debutAlbum | The Last Poets ⓘ |
| debutAlbumReleaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
forerunners of hip hop
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pioneers of politically charged rap ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1968 ⓘ |
| genre |
hip hop
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jazz poetry ⓘ political poetry ⓘ proto-rap ⓘ spoken word ⓘ |
| influenced |
Common
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Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ KRS-One ⓘ Mos Def ⓘ N.W.A ⓘ Public Enemy ⓘ hip hop music ⓘ rap music ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| member |
Abiodun Oyewole
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David Nelson ⓘ Felipe Luciano ⓘ Jalal Mansur Nuriddin ⓘ Nilaja Obabi ⓘ Omar Ben Hassen ⓘ Sulaiman El-Hadi ⓘ Umar Bin Hassan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early rap-style delivery
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influence on hip hop ⓘ politically charged lyrics ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chastisement
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The Last Poets ⓘ This Is Madness ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Harlem, New York City
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linked to:
Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan
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| primaryTheme |
Black liberation
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anti-racism ⓘ critique of systemic oppression ⓘ |
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Referenced by (30)
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