# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/big-syke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:24:28.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/big-syke"
name: "Big Syke"
slug: "big-syke"
description: "Tyruss Gerald Himes, better known by his stage names Big Syke and Mussolini, was an American rapper best known for his work with the American hip-hop groups Thug Life and Outlawz. His stage name \"Big Syke\" is a revision of his childhood nickname \"Little Psycho\". He died at his home in Hawthorne, California, on December 5, 2016."
tagline: "American rapper (1968–2016)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Big_Syke.jpg"
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: "1968-03-31"
deathDate: "2016-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.45
  momentum:             1.794682422451994
  historical:           15.74184533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BigSykeMusic"
    handle:    "BigSykeMusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3998929/"
    handle:    "nm3998929"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5J32qSlWzKCdcL31B8wglv"
    handle:    "5J32qSlWzKCdcL31B8wglv"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "بيج سيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%92_%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7"
    title: "ביג סייק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%85_%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC"
    title: "빅 사이크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Syke"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/73be9cf0-2b02-4a4c-9e2b-8f4b402ca72c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1343066"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3343452"
    title: "Big Syke"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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