# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brother-ali
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:02:20.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brother-ali"
name: "Brother Ali"
slug: "brother-ali"
description: "Ali Douglas Newman, better known by his stage name Brother Ali, is an American rapper, community activist, and member of the Rhymesayers Entertainment hip-hop collective. He has released eleven albums, four EPs, and a number of singles and collaborations. Some of his best known works include The Undisputed Truth (2007), Us (2009), and Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color (2012), all of which charted on the US Billboard and were favorably received by critics."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brother_Ali_May_29%2C_2010_during_tour_at_Mojo's_Columbia%2C_MO_(cropped).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: "1977-07-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.85
  momentum:             1.329549363605091
  historical:           13.837132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 243
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/brotherali"
    handle:    "brotherali"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/brotheraliisblind/"
    handle:    "brotheraliisblind"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/brotherali"
    handle:    "brotherali"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1950817/"
    handle:    "nm1950817"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6CsleyOZtyt16saX8WhzDx"
    handle:    "6CsleyOZtyt16saX8WhzDx"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brotherali.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B0%D8%B1_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "بروذر علي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B0%D8%B1_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "بروذر على"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Ali"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Ali"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Ali"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "برادر علی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Ali"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Ali"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Ali"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Ali"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Ali"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Ali"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Ali"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Ali"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e0b267df-9e16-4fd3-abb2-b47e61e7a2aa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2709928"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237226"
    title: "Brother Ali"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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