# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/baloji
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:22:53.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/baloji"
name: "Baloji"
slug: "baloji"
description: "Baloji, also known as MC Balo, is a rapper, singer, and film director. Of Congolese origin, he has lived in Belgium since he was a young child. Known as MC Balo as part of the hip-hop group Starflam, he went on to pursue a career as a solo artist in 2008. His 2023 film Omen premiered at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section, where it won the New Voice Prize, and became an international critical success. It was the Belgian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards."
tagline: "Congolese-Belgian rapper and filmmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Baloji_(2020).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1978-09-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.36659733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BALOJIofficiel"
    handle:    "BALOJIofficiel"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4138449/"
    handle:    "nm4138449"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5u45xl7D9HpJJvRo0joct8"
    handle:    "5u45xl7D9HpJJvRo0joct8"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.baloji.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/359206"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86%D9%89"
    title: "بالوچى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloji"
    title: "Baloji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloji_(Rapper)"
    title: "Baloji (Rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloji_(rapper)"
    title: "Baloji (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloji"
    title: "Baloji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloji"
    title: "Baloji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloji_(rapper)"
    title: "Baloji (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloji"
    title: "Baloji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloji_(rapper)"
    title: "Baloji (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baloji"
    title: "Baloji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5635fc2f-c74f-4506-887e-ccbcc6bb66dc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2881478"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1831596"
    title: "Sammy Baloji"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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