# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dj-jazzy-jeff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:31:07.844Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dj-jazzy-jeff"
name: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
slug: "dj-jazzy-jeff"
description: "Jeffrey Allen Townes, better known by his stage name DJ Jazzy Jeff, is an American DJ, music producer and actor. He was one half of the hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, along with Will Smith. He is credited, along with DJ Spinbad and DJ Cash Money, with popularizing the transformer scratch."
tagline: "American DJ and music producer (born 1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dj_jazzy_jeff-02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1965-01-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           70.94
  momentum:             1.638230088495575
  historical:           15.25847066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 126000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/djjazzyjeff"
    handle:    "djjazzyjeff"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/djjazzyjeff/"
    handle:    "djjazzyjeff"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://djjazzyjeff.com/"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/djjazzyjeff215"
    handle:    "djjazzyjeff215"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870039/"
    handle:    "nm0870039"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3nmiIgeri4vEY7y0VpbsCn"
    handle:    "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfh178OGzjt-rkuy0wThK4Q"
    handle:    "@djjazzyjeff"
    followers: 126000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%86_%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%89_%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "دچ چازى چيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8E%D9%81"
    title: "دیجیی جازی جێف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%92'%D7%90%D7%96%D7%99_%D7%92'%D7%A3"
    title: "די ג'יי ג'אזי ג'ף"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_%EC%9E%AC%EC%A7%80_%EC%A0%9C%ED%94%84"
    title: "DJ 재지 제프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/91ad641b-3b6f-4220-8352-f3f5f909d4e0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553846"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227697"
    title: "DJ Jazzy Jeff"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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