# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/defao
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:12:42.474Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/defao"
name: "Defao"
slug: "defao"
description: "François Lulendo Matumona, known professionally as Général Défao or Défao, was a Congolese singer-songwriter, dancer and bandleader. Born in Kinshasa, he began performing at the age of 17 with local groups such as Suka Movema, Forgo Stars, Korotoro, and Somo West before joining Félix Manuaku Waku's band Grand Zaïko Wawa in 1981. In partnership with Djo Poster, known as \"Grand Muyaka\", he quickly became a crowd favorite in Kinshasa for his stage presence and innovative dance moves."
tagline: "Congolese singer and songwriter"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-12-31"
deathDate: "2021-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.75
  momentum:             0.847953216374269
  historical:           6.626712
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1774541"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defao"
    title: "Defao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defao"
    title: "Defao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defao"
    title: "Defao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lulendo_Matumona"
    title: "Lulendo Matumona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defao"
    title: "Defao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defao"
    title: "Defao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e2aa89b-f564-4f09-bce7-de48504882aa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3021177"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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