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Dresta

American West Coast rapper
Person human Q2916075

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[6]
Date of birth
April 18, 1971
Place of birth
Compton
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
rapper, songwriter
Genre
hip-hop[7]
Convicted of
assault[12]
Different from
DreSta[13]
Instrument
voice[11]
Pseudonym
Dresta[10]
Record label
Ruthless Records, Def Jam Recordings[8][9]
Start of work period
1993[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Andre DeSean Wicker en Dresta es Andre DeSean Wicker fr Andre DeSean Wicker fr Gangsta Dresta he דרסטה it Andre DeSean Wicker ko 드레스타 pl Gangsta Dresta zh 德雷斯塔 zh-hant 安德烈·德肖恩·威克
🔖 Identifiers · 10
VIAF cluster ID
315604161
Library of Congress authority ID
no2015051617
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000198314, mn0000166093
Discogs artist ID
176925
Europeana entity
agent/base/161241
Freebase ID
/m/0b2hsw
MusicBrainz artist ID
59d2ca34-7214-4a80-8ae5-347da2c38fce
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000109239
Prabook ID
2577750
Rate Your Music artist ID
dresta

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🔗 Connections
Mb:writer 2
Real Muthaphuckkin G's, Real Muthaphuckkin G's
Occupation 2
songwriter, rapper
Record label 2
Def Jam Recordings, Ruthless Records
Convicted of 1
assault
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
hip-hop
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Mb:performer of 1
Real Brothas
Mb:sibling 1
B.G. Knocc Out
Place of birth 1
Compton
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Dresta was born on April 18, 1971[1], in Compton[2]. He has worked as a rapper[3] and songwriter[4].

FAQs

Where was Dresta born?

Dresta's place of birth was Compton[2].

What did Dresta do for work?

Dresta worked as a rapper[3] and songwriter[4].

Related Entities

Def Jam Recordings United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · TapuriaBot · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → rapper, songwriter
    Instance of → human
    Citizenship → —
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:mzn:درستا]]"
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