# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ab-soul
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:33:38.614Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ab-soul"
name: "Ab-Soul"
slug: "ab-soul"
description: "Herbert Anthony Stevens IV, better known by his stage name Ab-Soul, is an American rapper. Raised in Carson, California, he signed with the indie record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) in 2007, where he formed the West Coast hip-hop group Black Hippy alongside fellow California-based rappers Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q. His third album, These Days... (2014), peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200. He is Black Hippy's sole member to remain an independent artist."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ab-Soul_-_AfroPunk_Festival_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1987-02-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.54
  momentum:             1.427276846397825
  historical:           15.13904266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/abdashsoul"
    handle:    "abdashsoul"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/souloho3/"
    handle:    "souloho3"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/AbSoulmusic"
    handle:    "AbSoulmusic"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0g9vAlRPK9Gt3FKCekk4TW"
    handle:    "0g9vAlRPK9Gt3FKCekk4TW"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2327281"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "اب سول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%91-%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9C"
    title: "אב-סול"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB"
    title: "アブ・ソウル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B1-%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB"
    title: "Эб-Соул"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab-Soul"
    title: "Ab-Soul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/acc12019-10e3-40aa-b4bf-66fbb4a692af"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3449364"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump