# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abiodun-oyewole
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:34:56.761Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abiodun-oyewole"
name: "Abiodun Oyewole"
slug: "abiodun-oyewole"
description: "Abiodun Oyewole, is a poet, teacher and member of the African-American music and spoken-word group The Last Poets, which developed into what is considered to be the first hip hop group. Critic Jason Ankeny wrote, \"With their politically charged raps, taut rhythms, and dedication to raising African-American consciousness, the Last Poets almost single-handedly laid the groundwork for the emergence of hip-hop.\""
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abiodun_Oyewole.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.752053333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/143956"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "ابيودون اويول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiodun_Oyewole"
    title: "Abiodun Oyewole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiodun_Oyewole"
    title: "Abiodun Oyewole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiodun_Oyewole"
    title: "Abiodun Oyewole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiodun_Oyewole"
    title: "Abiodun Oyewole"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/14d73e72-7528-4fc8-bc58-3c31e923720f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4667885"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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