# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/disco-d
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:48:53.079Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/disco-d"
name: "Disco D"
slug: "disco-d"
description: "David Aaron Shayman, better known by his stage name Disco D, was an American record producer and composer. He started as a teenage DJ in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he helped DJ Godfather popularize the Detroit electronic music called \"Ghettotech\"."
tagline: "American music producer (1980–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Disco_D_at_Burning_Man_Decompression%2C_2002.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: "1980-09-21"
deathDate: "2007-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.88
  momentum:             0.1421800947867298
  historical:           7.03006
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.discod.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/10144"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "ديسكو دى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_D"
    title: "Disco D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_D"
    title: "Disco D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_D"
    title: "Disco D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_D"
    title: "Disco D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_D"
    title: "Disco D"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/df4b8783-5fed-499d-804b-aced4cfd4dfc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1228447"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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