# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ali-shaheed-muhammad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:37:34.862Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ali-shaheed-muhammad"
name: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
slug: "ali-shaheed-muhammad"
description: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, rapper and bass guitarist, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998 before disbanding; their final album was released in 2016. He was also a member of the R&B group Lucy Pearl, and is known in recent years for his jazz collaborations with producer Adrian Younge."
tagline: "American hip hop DJ and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad_2008.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: "1970-08-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           63.15
  momentum:             1.012070597959661
  historical:           14.7402
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AliShaheed"
    handle:    "AliShaheed"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/AliShaheedMuhammad"
    handle:    "AliShaheedMuhammad"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0611241/"
    handle:    "nm0611241"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6adBZwsyxZuWDoty0Tg0lt"
    handle:    "6adBZwsyxZuWDoty0Tg0lt"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.alishaheed.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpcimdv6SuaQ8VKBtl3Af_A"
    handle:    "Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Topic"
    followers: 1000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF"
    title: "الى شاهيد محمد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF"
    title: "علی شهید محمد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Мухаммад, Али Шахид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Shaheed_Muhammad"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d5ee9a6f-8e10-47e7-bca7-7e3f82aad769"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q579206"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/558265"
    title: "Ali Shaheed Muhammad"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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