# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dj-premier
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:12:36.142Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dj-premier"
name: "DJ Premier"
slug: "dj-premier"
description: "Christopher Edward Martin, known professionally as DJ Premier, is an American record producer and DJ. He has been frequently lauded as one of hip-hop's greatest producers by publications such as Vibe. He formed the hip-hop duo Gang Starr alongside American rapper Guru, with whom he has released seven albums. He formed another hip-hop duo, PRhyme—with American rapper Royce da 5'9\"—in 2014, with whom he has released two albums."
tagline: "American record producer and DJ (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DJ_Premier_2008.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: "1966-03-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.44183333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/realdjpremier"
    handle:    "realdjpremier"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/djpremier/"
    handle:    "djpremier"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DJPremierOfficial"
    handle:    "DJPremierOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1500245/"
    handle:    "nm1500245"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6GEykX11lQqp92UVOQQCC7"
    handle:    "6GEykX11lQqp92UVOQQCC7"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://premierwuzhere.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "دي جي بريمير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "دى جى بريمير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دی جی بریمیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دی‌جی پریمیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8"
    title: "די ג'יי פרמייר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A2"
    title: "DJプレミア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%EB%AF%B8%EC%96%B4"
    title: "DJ 프리미어"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ%E6%99%AE%E9%9B%B7%E7%B1%B3%E5%B0%94"
    title: "DJ普雷米尔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/084e06f5-3c82-4b71-bd94-dd69e7bd515e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380639"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/794780"
    title: "DJ Premier"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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