# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eli-paperboy-reed
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:45:05.357Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eli-paperboy-reed"
name: "Eli \"Paperboy\" Reed"
slug: "eli-paperboy-reed"
description: "Eli \"Paperboy\" Reed is an American singer and songwriter. After graduating from Brookline High School in 2002, he moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi. After spending a year in Clarksdale, he enrolled at The University of Chicago to study sociology. While in Chicago, he hosted a radio show called \"We Got More Soul\" on WHPK and played organ and piano in the South Side Chicago church of Mitty Collier. After one year of study in Chicago, he returned home to Boston to focus on music, recording his first album Sings \"Walkin' and Talkin' for My Baby\" and Other Smash Hits!"
tagline: "American Soul/Pop singer-songwriter and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eli-Paperboy-Reed.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: "1983"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.62
  momentum:             8.636363636363637
  historical:           9.423472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/elipaperboyreed"
    handle:    "elipaperboyreed"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/elipaperboyreed"
    handle:    "elipaperboyreed"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/37D1QyrEFNkcv0f62xo46x"
    handle:    "37D1QyrEFNkcv0f62xo46x"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.elipaperboyreed.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_%22Paperboy%22_Reed"
    title: "Eli \"Paperboy\" Reed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "الى پاپيربوي ريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Reed_(Musiker)"
    title: "Eli Reed (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_%22Paperboy%22_Reed"
    title: "Eli \"Paperboy\" Reed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_%22Paperboy%22_Reed"
    title: "Eli \"Paperboy\" Reed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%22%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A4%22%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89"
    title: "イーライ\"ペーパー・ボーイ\"リード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4_%22%ED%8E%98%EC%9D%B4%ED%8D%BC%EB%B3%B4%EC%9D%B4%22_%EB%A6%AC%EB%93%9C"
    title: "일라이 \"페이퍼보이\" 리드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_%22Paperboy%22_Reed"
    title: "Eli \"Paperboy\" Reed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_%22Paperboy%22_Reed"
    title: "Eli \"Paperboy\" Reed"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/91e617ef-bf31-479c-abc5-0df20cf5365f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q960101"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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