# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dj-casper
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:20:26.656Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dj-casper"
name: "DJ Casper"
slug: "dj-casper"
description: "William Perry Jr., better known as DJ Casper, was an American disc jockey. Born and raised in Chicago, he was known as \"Casper\" due to frequently being clad in all white attire on stage. He was best known for his 2000 single \"Cha Cha Slide\"."
tagline: "American disc jockey (1965–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DJ_Casper_photoshoot.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: "1965-05-31"
deathDate: "2023-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.94
  momentum:             2.310516653553632
  historical:           6.968984
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1569670/"
    handle:    "nm1569670"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/194505"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Casper"
    title: "DJ Casper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Casper"
    title: "DJ Casper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Casper"
    title: "DJ Casper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Casper"
    title: "DJ Casper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Casper"
    title: "DJ Casper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%88%A9%C2%B7%E4%BD%A9%E9%87%8C"
    title: "威利·佩里"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bc36b8f0-1d05-4aa3-9418-c076c0ce867f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q856352"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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