# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dj-rashad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:37:23.152Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dj-rashad"
name: "DJ Rashad"
slug: "dj-rashad"
description: "Rashad Hanif Harden, known as DJ Rashad, was a Chicago-based electronic musician, producer and DJ known as a pioneer in the footwork genre and founder of the Teklife crew. He released his debut studio album Double Cup on Hyperdub in 2013 to critical praise. He died in April 2014 from a drug overdose."
tagline: "Musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DJ_Rashad_2013.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: "1979-10-09"
deathDate: "2014-04-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.4774
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DJRASHAD"
    handle:    "DJRASHAD"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DJ-Rashad-152577002604"
    handle:    "DJ-Rashad-152577002604"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9814875/"
    handle:    "nm9814875"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/235889"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "دي جي رشاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Rashad"
    title: "DJ Rashad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Rashad"
    title: "DJ Rashad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Rashad"
    title: "DJ Rashad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Rashad"
    title: "DJ Rashad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Rashad"
    title: "DJ Rashad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Rashad"
    title: "DJ Rashad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Rashad"
    title: "DJ Rashad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b75039d8-ccaf-4092-a310-903b8f594f55"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16724355"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4455273"
    title: "DJ Rashad"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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