# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derrick-may
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:51:32.245Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derrick-may"
name: "Derrick May"
slug: "derrick-may"
description: "Derrick May, also known as Mayday and Rhythim Is Rhythim, is an American electronic musician from Belleville, Michigan, United States. May is credited with pioneering techno music in the 1980s along with collaborators Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, commonly known as The Belleville Three. According to Sal Cinquemani of American Songwriter, May is \"one of the most influential of Detroit’s wiz kids.\""
tagline: "American DJ and techno record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derrick_May.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: "1963-04-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.79687866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/derrickmayday"
    handle:    "derrickmayday"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/derrick.may"
    handle:    "derrick.may"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561923/"
    handle:    "nm0561923"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.transmatrecords.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "ديريك ماي (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "دیریک مای (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May"
    title: "Derrick May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May"
    title: "Derrick May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May"
    title: "Derrick May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May_(musician)"
    title: "Derrick May (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May"
    title: "Derrick May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May"
    title: "Derrick May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May"
    title: "Derrick May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99"
    title: "דריק מיי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May"
    title: "Derrick May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4_(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)"
    title: "デリック・メイ (ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May_(musicus)"
    title: "Derrick May (musicus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%98"
    title: "Дерик Меј"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_May"
    title: "Derrick May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/371c8525-8111-4497-83ba-1ead9d7ed148"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923104"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2280968"
    title: "Derrick May"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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