# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brent-faiyaz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:20:03.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brent-faiyaz"
name: "Brent Faiyaz"
slug: "brent-faiyaz"
description: "Christopher Brent Wood, known professionally as Brent Faiyaz, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. Faiyaz rose to prominence with his guest performance alongside Shy Glizzy on GoldLink's 2016 single \"Crew\". The song peaked at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100, received octuple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. The following year, Faiyaz released his debut studio album, Sonder Son (2017). He is noted for his \"sly vocals\" and \"atmospheric slow jam productions,\" along with occasional rapping."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter (born 1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brent_Faiyaz.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1995-09-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           72.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.77077466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 2000000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brentfaiyaz.com/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/brentfaiyaz/"
    handle:    "brentfaiyaz"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@brentfaiyaz"
    handle:    "brentfaiyaz"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/brentfaiyaz"
    handle:    "brentfaiyaz"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/brentfaiyaz"
    handle:    "brentfaiyaz"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9435215/"
    handle:    "nm9435215"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3tlXnStJ1fFhdScmQeLpuG"
    handle:    "Brent Faiyaz"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdVC7nSYNOpKroA5JicNig"
    handle:    "@thebrentfaiyaz"
    followers: 2000000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Faiyaz"
    title: "Brent Faiyaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Faiyaz"
    title: "Brent Faiyaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Faiyaz"
    title: "Brent Faiyaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Faiyaz"
    title: "Brent Faiyaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Faiyaz"
    title: "Brent Faiyaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Faiyaz"
    title: "Brent Faiyaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%98_%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%99%D7%90%D7%96"
    title: "ברנט פאיאז"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A9_%D5%96%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%A6"
    title: "Բրենթ Ֆայազ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Faiyaz"
    title: "Brent Faiyaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%B7"
    title: "Брент Фајаз"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Faiyaz"
    title: "Brent Faiyaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Faiyaz"
    title: "Brent Faiyaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/201412c6-7ced-472b-87a9-9259ec3c07d3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41816524"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4433010"
    title: "Brent Faiyaz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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