G-funk

subgenre of hip-hop music that emerged from West Coast hip-hop and gangsta rap
Intangible music_genre Q1045541
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G-funk

Summary

G-funk is a music genre[1]. G-funk ranks in the top 9% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (502 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • G-funk is credited with the discovery of Above the Law[3].
  • G-funk's image is recorded as Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre.jpg[4].
  • G-funk's instance of is recorded as music genre[5].
  • G-funk's subclass of is recorded as funk[6].
  • G-funk's subclass of is recorded as gangsta rap[7].
  • G-funk's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • +1989-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of G-funk[9].
  • G-funk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0190zg[10].
  • G-funk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:G-funk[11].
  • G-funk's Quora topic ID is recorded as G-funk[12].
  • G-funk's Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID is recorded as gf2022026031[13].
  • G-funk's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as b37aef4d-0029-4fc7-b634-6338197335a8[14].
  • G-funk's Rate Your Music genre ID is recorded as g-funk[15].
  • G-funk's AllMusic genre/style ID is recorded as ma0000011824[16].
  • G-funk's Discogs style ID is recorded as g-funk[17].
  • G-funk's Every Noise at Once ID is recorded as gfunk[18].

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Works and Contributions

G-funk is credited with the discovery of Above the Law[3].

Why It Matters

G-funk ranks in the top 9% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (502 views/month).[2] G-funk has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] G-funk is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . discogs.com. Retrieved . discogs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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