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Michael Franti

American musician
Person Human Q715181

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
April 21, 1966
Place of birth
Oakland
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
singer, guitarist, peace activist, composer, rapper, basketball player[9]
Educated at
University of San Francisco, Davis Senior High School[10][11]
Genre
hip-hop, funk[14][15]
Official website
www.stayhuman.org[21]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[24]
Different from
Michael Franks[25]
Given name
Michael[19]
Instrument
guitar, voice[22][23]
League or competition
NCAA Division I men's basketball
Member of
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy[12]
Member of sports team
San Francisco Dons men's basketball
Pseudonym
Michael Franti[20]
Record label
Alternative Tentacles, Capitol Records[16][17]
Social media followers
79k (79k–84k, n=4)[27][28][29][30]
Sport
basketball[18]
Start of work period
1986[26]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 52
ISNI
0000000114836974
VIAF cluster ID
166386586
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no00029788
GND ID
135487145
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Michael Franti and Spearhead @ Fremantle Park (17 4 2011) (5648770710).jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID
michael_franti
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000001241
BBC Things ID
59808422-948d-4461-9802-ab11c77d696f
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
139877143
DDB person (GND) ID
135487145
Deezer artist ID
4394
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135487145
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Discogs artist ID
66041, 28585
FAST ID
1555348
Facebook username
michaelfranti
Film.ru person ID
michael-franti
Freebase ID
/m/039dm5
GTAA ID
100061
HAND ID
5A6A-69C4-8127-3CA6-2A72
IMDb ID
nm0291779
IdRef ID
158167678
Instagram username
michaelfranti
J9U entity ID
987007309946305171
JRC Names ID
112580
Kinobox person ID
859218
Laut.de artist ID
Michael-Franti
LdiF person ID
150000
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
8172
Museum-digital person/organization ID
149747
MusicBrainz artist ID
650012e9-f732-4295-936d-fdd99bbc6258, e23eac42-f904-47da-8599-823ff431bea4
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
125770
NL CR AUT ID
xx0115791
NNDB people ID
739/000026661
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810531547805606
Obálky knih ID
xx0115791
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095833117
Pitchfork artist ID
31653-michael-franti
Podchaser creator ID
107aIZQta1
Quora topic ID
Michael-Franti
Rock's Backpages artist ID
michael-franti
SNAC ARK ID
w6n710fb
Songkick artist ID
554236, 378626
Sports Reference college basketball player ID
michael-franti-1
Spotify artist ID
19hpf6aLV5qwTfGOGptzA3
TMDB person ID
95817
Threads username
michaelfranti
TuneIn artist ID
Michael-Franti-m264702
Universal Music France artist ID
20000101072
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcWxhPjJMKXXYcwm9WhpP
X (Twitter) username
michaelfranti
Yale LUX ID
person/055d530f-deb7-4f03-98ee-d843ea1d17dd
ČSFD person ID
147543

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 6
composer, singer, guitarist, rapper, basketball player, peace activist
Genre 2
hip-hop, funk
Instrument 2
guitar, voice
Mb:composer 2
The Sound of Sunshine, The Sound of Sunshine
Mb:lyricist 2
The Sound of Sunshine, The Sound of Sunshine
Mb:member of band 2
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, The Beatnigs
Record label 2
Capitol Records, Alternative Tentacles
Compositions 1
Champions
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Different from 1
Michael Franks
Educated at 1
University of San Francisco
Given name 1
Michael
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Oakland
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
basketball
← FactGrid item ID 1
Kolona
← Mb:member of band 1
Dave Shul
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Summary

Michael Franti was born on April 21, 1966[1], in Oakland[2]. He has worked as a singer[3], guitarist[4], peace activist[5], composer[6], and rapper[7].

FAQs

Where was Michael Franti born?

Michael Franti was born in Oakland[2].

What did Michael Franti do for work?

Michael Franti worked as a singer[3], guitarist[4], peace activist[5], composer[6], and rapper[7].

Where did Michael Franti go to school?

Michael Franti was educated at University of San Francisco[10] and Davis Senior High School[11].

Related Entities

Capitol Records United States University of San Francisco

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  4. [10] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [23] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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