# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dj-kool
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:03:19.488Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dj-kool"
name: "DJ Kool"
slug: "dj-kool"
description: "John W. Bowman Jr., better known by his stage name DJ Kool, is an American rapper who produced several popular rap singles in the late 1980s. As a performer, he is best known for his 1996 hit single \"Let Me Clear My Throat\", the title track from his 1996 album of the same name."
tagline: "American DJ"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/wiFbAYeEiF1FxuHDRuJywVqfWu3.jpg"
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: "1958-03-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.62
  momentum:             2.88374041585141
  historical:           7.741150666666666
  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/nm0465540/"
    handle:    "nm0465540"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/14560"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "دي جي كوول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "دى جى كوول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Kool"
    title: "DJ Kool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Kool"
    title: "DJ Kool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Kool"
    title: "DJ Kool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Kool"
    title: "DJ Kool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/22c16b9e-a3fc-48df-9fc1-2dd0b0ffe100"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332892"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1811142"
    title: "DJ Kool Herc"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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