# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chuck-d
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:44:41.908Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chuck-d"
name: "Chuck D"
slug: "chuck-d"
description: "Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, known professionally as Chuck D, is an American rapper, best known as the leader and frontman of the hip-hop group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav. Chuck D is also a member of the rock supergroup Prophets of Rage. He has released several solo albums, most notably Autobiography of Mistachuck (1996)."
tagline: "American rapper (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chuck_D_Public_Enemy_Way_Out_West_2013_(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: "1960-08-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.75
  momentum:             0.2798638500189097
  historical:           19.484972
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MrChuckD"
    handle:    "MrChuckD"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mrchuckd_pe/"
    handle:    "mrchuckd_pe"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MrChuckD"
    handle:    "MrChuckD"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195982/"
    handle:    "nm0195982"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "1JfH8gevkDviqs50A5NO0L"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mrchuckd.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تشوك دى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "چاک دی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AFD"
    title: "チャックD"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B2%99_D"
    title: "척 D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chuck_D"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/88633ac3-c8e2-420f-8415-77ac56b3105f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q733373"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/61109"
    title: "Chuck D"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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