Black Sheep

American hip hop duo from Queens, New York, United States, composed of Andres "Dres" Vargas Titus and William "Mista Lawnge" McLean
Organization musical_duo Q258120
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Black Sheep

Summary

Black Sheep is a musical duo[1]. It draws 459 Wikipedia views per month (musical_duo category, ranking #162 of 787).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black Sheep's instance of is recorded as musical duo[3].
  • Black Sheep's instance of is recorded as musical group[4].
  • Black Sheep's genre is East Coast hip-hop[5].
  • Black Sheep's genre is urban contemporary[6].
  • Black Sheep's genre is hip-hop[7].
  • Black Sheep's genre is alternative hip-hop[8].
  • Black Sheep's genre is golden age hip-hop[9].
  • Black Sheep's record label is recorded as Mercury Records[10].
  • Black Sheep's record label is recorded as PolyGram[11].
  • Black Sheep's record label is recorded as PolyGram Records, Inc.[12].
  • Black Sheep's record label is recorded as Universal Records[13].
  • Black Sheep's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • Black Sheep comprises Dres[15].
  • 1989 marks the founding of Black Sheep[16].
  • January 1, 1991 marks the founding of Black Sheep[17].
  • Black Sheep was dissolved in January 1, 1995[18].
  • Black Sheep's location of formation is recorded as Queens[19].
  • Black Sheep's official website is recorded as http://www.blacksheeponline.com[20].
  • Black Sheep's different from is recorded as Black Sheep[21].
  • Black Sheep's start of work period is recorded as 1989[22].
  • Black Sheep's start of work period is recorded as January 1, 1991[23].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[24]

  • Country: US[25]

  • Began / founded: 1991[26]

  • Genre(s): hip hop[27]

  • Community tags: hip hop[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 63034f55-692a-4f3b-a19a-ac2072eac3bb[29]

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Founding

Recorded inception include 1989[16] and January 1, 1991[17]. Black Sheep's location of formation is recorded as Queens[19].

Dissolution

Black Sheep was dissolved in January 1, 1995[18].

Why It Matters

Black Sheep draws 459 Wikipedia views per month (musical_duo category, ranking #162 of 787).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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