# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/darryl-mcdaniels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:14:08.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/darryl-mcdaniels"
name: "Darryl McDaniels"
slug: "darryl-mcdaniels"
description: "Darryl Matthews McDaniels, also commonly known by his stage name DMC, is an American rapper and record producer. He is a founding member of the hip-hop group Run-DMC, and is considered one of the pioneers of hip-hop culture."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/10.12.14DarrylMcDanielsByLuigiNovi1.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: "1964-05-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.15319066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/THEKINGDMC"
    handle:    "THEKINGDMC"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DarrylDMCMcDaniels"
    handle:    "DarrylDMCMcDaniels"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0567447/"
    handle:    "nm0567447"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "داريل مكدانيلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels"
    title: "Darryl McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels"
    title: "Darryl McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.M.C."
    title: "D.M.C."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels"
    title: "Darryl McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels"
    title: "Darryl McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ダリル・マクダニエルズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels"
    title: "Darryl McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels"
    title: "Darryl McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels"
    title: "Darryl McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels"
    title: "Darryl McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Макдэниелс, Дэррил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels"
    title: "Darryl McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels"
    title: "Darryl McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darryl_McDaniels"
    title: "Darryl McDaniels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81"
    title: "Дерріл Макденіелс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/20d21992-d063-456d-a069-04d9044871f0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1255350"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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