# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benga
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:15:32.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benga"
name: "Benga"
slug: "benga"
description: "Adegbenga Otomayomi Adejumo, known as Benga, is a British musician from Croydon, known for being a pioneer of dubstep record production. He has been featured on a variety of compilations including Mary Anne Hobbs's Warrior Dubz, Tempa's The Roots of Dubstep and the BBC Radio 1Xtra anniversary mix."
tagline: "Dubstep musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benga_%40_Wellington_Square.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1986-11-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.77642533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/iambenga"
    handle:    "iambenga"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/iambenga"
    handle:    "iambenga"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://benga.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/66136"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benga"
    title: "Benga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benga_(DJ)"
    title: "Benga (DJ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benga_(musician)"
    title: "Benga (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benga_(artisti)"
    title: "Benga (artisti)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benga_(musicien)"
    title: "Benga (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benga"
    title: "Benga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benga_(artista)"
    title: "Benga (artista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benga"
    title: "Benga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benga"
    title: "Benga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benga"
    title: "Benga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benga"
    title: "Benga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d3ba1c50-d403-40df-8eac-80d74551a7e3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q524665"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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