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Professor Griff
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American rapper, spoken word artist and lecturer
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Within Vinony's link graph, Professor Griff is referenced by 110 other articles, and connects out to hip-hop, Public Enemy and spoken word.
It is catalogued under topics including 1960 births, 20th-century American male rappers and 20th-century American rappers.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- A Warrior's Tapestry
- Symbology
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
New York, New York
Known for
- The Headliner — Professor Griff2026
- Set in the West: The Genesis of L.A. Hip Hop — Self2019
- A Fatherless America — Self2019
- Public Enemy Live at the Metro Theatre — Rappeur2014
- Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy — Self2013
- The Obama Deception — Self2009
- Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome — Self2007
- Public Enemy - Fight the Power: Greatest Hits Live! — Herself2007
- Public Enemy - Live from House of Blues2001
- Public Enemy: Fight the Power... Live!1989
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Atlanta
- Active from
- 1960
Discography
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,494
- Total plays
- 21,609
Tags
Richard "Professor Griff" Griffin is an American rapper and spoken word artist, and is a former member of the rap group Public Enemy and head of the Security of the First World. Early life A childhood friend of Carlton "Chuck D" Ridenhour, Griffin Goudreau was exposed to hip-hop as it came to the Long Island, New York town of Roosevelt, where most of the founding members of Public Enemy grew up. By the 1980s, Griffin had become a martial arts enthusiast as well as having done a stint in the U.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Roosevelt
- Occupation
- rapper
- Genre
- hip-hop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- www.pgriff.info
- Image
- Professor Griff 2014.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1960-08-01
- Commons gallery
- Professor Griff
- Commons category
- Professor Griff
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- pseudonym
- Professor Griff
- social media followers
- 47695
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