# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dj-hurricane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:10:13.866Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dj-hurricane"
name: "DJ Hurricane"
slug: "dj-hurricane"
description: "Wendell Timothy Fite, also known as DJ Hurricane is an American hip hop DJ, producer and rapper. He is best known for his work with the Beastie Boys. He was a member of the groups Solo Sounds and the Afros and recorded three solo albums, featuring many well-known artists such as Xzibit, Public Enemy, Kool G Rap, Black Thought, Papoose and Talib Kweli."
tagline: "American rapper and DJ"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Run-DMC_Beastie_Boys_1987_press_photo_(cropped).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: "1965-01-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.726930666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403551/"
    handle:    "nm0403551"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/128173"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "دى جى هوريكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Hurricane"
    title: "DJ Hurricane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Hurricane"
    title: "DJ Hurricane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Hurricane"
    title: "DJ Hurricane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Hurricane"
    title: "DJ Hurricane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Hurricane"
    title: "DJ Hurricane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dc3e1d33-af8c-4dc1-91e8-2d6b5625f94c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3700428"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1344055"
    title: "DJ Hurricane"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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