# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/el-general-q351019
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:36:49.389Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/el-general-q351019"
name: "El General"
slug: "el-general-q351019"
description: "Edgardo Armando Franco, better known as El General, is a Panamanian former rapper considered by some to be one of the fathers of reggae en Español."
tagline: "Panamanian dancehall reggae artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vamos-a-ganar.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.99397333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1565975/"
    handle:    "nm1565975"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1fqHLAKthJsVYcukjFrroK"
    handle:    "1fqHLAKthJsVYcukjFrroK"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/71190"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "إل جنرال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ال جينيرال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_General"
    title: "El General"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Franco"
    title: "Edgardo Franco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Franco"
    title: "Edgardo Franco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_General"
    title: "El General"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_General"
    title: "El General"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Franco"
    title: "Edgardo Franco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ppl.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_General_Edgardo_Armando_Franco"
    title: "El General Edgardo Armando Franco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_General"
    title: "El General"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Эль-Хенераль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/64291b1a-94b8-46cd-b1d1-8d2e1f2bffff"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351019"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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