# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andre-harrell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:45:04.548Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andre-harrell"
name: "Andre Harrell"
slug: "andre-harrell"
description: "Andre O'Neal Harrell was an American record executive, media proprietor, and rapper. He formed the short-lived East Coast hip hop duo Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde with Alonzo Brown in 1980; they signed with Profile Records in 1981. After disbanding in 1986, Harrell founded the record label Uptown Records, which saw commercial success in contemporary R&B, new jack swing, and hip hop music releases into the next decade. The label entered a distribution deal with MCA Records and signed artists including Jodeci, Heavy D & the Boyz, Mary J. Blige, Guy, Al B. Sure, the Notorious B.I.G., and Sean Combs. Harrell is credited with discovering Combs and giving him his start in the industry. Harrell was appointed CEO of Motown from 1995 to 1997."
tagline: "American rapper and music executive (1960–2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9a/Andre_Harrell.png"
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: "1960-09-26"
deathDate: "2020-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.32
  momentum:             9.226914723047024
  historical:           7.656098666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004992/"
    handle:    "nm0004992"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "أندريه هاريل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Andre Harrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Harrell"
    title: "Andre Harrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Harrell"
    title: "Andre Harrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Harrell"
    title: "Andre Harrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Harrell"
    title: "Andre Harrell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c511ccc2-ddec-46b0-a6e9-09d2841a08bb"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3615437"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62119"
    title: "Andre Harrell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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