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Professor Griff

American rapper, spoken word artist and lecturer
Person Human Q2111952

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
August 1, 1960
Place of birth
Roosevelt
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
musician, rapper
Genre
hip-hop[8]
Official website
www.pgriff.info[12]
Instrument
voice[13]
Member of
Public Enemy[6]
Pseudonym
Professor Griff[11]
Record label
Luke Records, Atlantic Records[9][10]
Social media followers
+46095, +47695[15][16]
Start of work period
1982[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Professor Griff en Richard Duane Griffin en Richard Griffin ar بروفيسر غريف ar بروفيسور غريف de Richard Griffin es Richard Griffin fr Richard Griffin
🔖 Identifiers · 35
ISNI
0000000081558057
VIAF cluster ID
75927989
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no98016295
GND ID
135246288
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Professor Griff 2014.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000363846
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
139511418
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135246288
Discogs artist ID
104758, 173746
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Professor-Griff
Europeana entity
agent/base/60156
FAST ID
1989447
Show all 35 identifiers +23
Film.ru person ID
professor-griff
Freebase ID
/m/01vzz9y
Genius artist ID
Professor-griff
Genius artist numeric ID
9288
HAND ID
D9B5-8972-9C68-AEAE-0695
IMDb ID
nm0698469
J9U entity ID
987007362960205171
KANTO ID
000209955
Kinobox person ID
363547
MusicBrainz artist ID
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Musik-Sammler.de artist ID
144418
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000044454
Plex person key
5d77695c7a53e9001e6e3dd0
Podchaser creator ID
107a9FVJhf
Quora topic ID
Professor-Griff
Rate Your Music artist ID
professor_griff
Rock's Backpages artist ID
professor-griff
Songkick artist ID
374449
TMDB person ID
1053388
Topic's main category
Category:Professor Griff
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJht6tRpqvgGbHG74cvfv3
X (Twitter) username
griffthenme
ČSFD person ID
263799

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🔗 Connections
Mb:member of band 3
Public Enemy, Universal Zulu Nation, Confrontation Camp
Occupation 2
musician, rapper
Belongs to 1
Public Enemy
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Genre 1
hip-hop
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
voice
Mb:performer of 1
And the Word Became Flesh
Place of birth 1
Roosevelt
Record label 1
Atlantic Records
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Professor Griff was born on August 1, 1960[1], in Roosevelt[2]. He has worked as a musician[3] and rapper[4].

FAQs

Where was Professor Griff born?

Professor Griff was born in Roosevelt[2].

What did Professor Griff do for work?

Professor Griff worked as a musician[3] and rapper[4].

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Public Enemy United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → D9B5-8972-9C68-AEAE-0695
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46379: HAND ID (2)"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instrument → voice
    Place of birth → Roosevelt
    Start of work period → 1982
    Occupation → musician, rapper
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32080: import P21 and P106 from GND (22)"
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