# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/big-bank-hank
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:16:59.236Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/big-bank-hank"
name: "Big Bank Hank"
slug: "big-bank-hank"
description: "Henry Lee Jackson, known by his stage name Big Bank Hank, was an American hip hop recording artist and manager. Also known as Imp the Dimp, he was a member of the trio the Sugarhill Gang, the first hip hop act to have a hit with the cross-over single \"Rapper's Delight\" on the pop charts in 1979. He contributed to many documentaries based on the rap music industry. Lyrics to his verse from \"Rapper's Delight\" were allegedly plagiarized from rhymes written by Grandmaster Caz."
tagline: "American rapper (1957–2014)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Big_Bank_Hank.png/330px-Big_Bank_Hank.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: "1957-08-05"
deathDate: "2014-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.63
  momentum:             0.3193033381712627
  historical:           8.261313333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1753530/"
    handle:    "nm1753530"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1309280"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%BA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83"
    title: "بيغ بانك هانك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bank_Hank"
    title: "Big Bank Hank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bank_Hank"
    title: "Big Bank Hank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bank_Hank"
    title: "Big Bank Hank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bank_Hank"
    title: "Big Bank Hank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ビッグ・バンク・ハンク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bank_Hank"
    title: "Big Bank Hank"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c1491199-fdc3-4de6-9155-656d856c603b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3436480"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1298813"
    title: "Henry 'Big Bank Hank' Jackson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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