# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fantastic-negrito
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:04:33.328Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fantastic-negrito"
name: "Fantastic Negrito"
slug: "fantastic-negrito"
description: "Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, better known by his stage name Fantastic Negrito, is an American singer-songwriter whose music spans blues, R&B, and roots music. His 2016 album The Last Days of Oakland won a Grammy award for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 59th Grammy Awards. In 2019, his album Please Don't Be Dead won the same category for the 61st Grammy Awards. His 2020 album, Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? won Fantastic Negrito his third consecutive Best Contemporary Blues Album Grammy at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. His most recent album, Son of a Broken Man, was released in 2024."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter whose music spans blues, R&B, and roots music"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fantastic_Negrito.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: "1968-01-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.92
  momentum:             13.88942299590684
  historical:           8.742709333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/musicnegrito"
    handle:    "musicnegrito"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/fantasticnegrito/"
    handle:    "fantasticnegrito"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/fantasticnegrito"
    handle:    "fantasticnegrito"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8103019/"
    handle:    "nm8103019"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5QXLMdpKeByOo5ypH9gT13"
    handle:    "5QXLMdpKeByOo5ypH9gT13"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://fantasticnegrito.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Negrito"
    title: "Fantastic Negrito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "فانتاستيك نيجريتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Negrito"
    title: "Fantastic Negrito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Negrito"
    title: "Fantastic Negrito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Negrito"
    title: "Fantastic Negrito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Negrito"
    title: "Fantastic Negrito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88"
    title: "ファンタスティック・ネグリート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b7be8029-5ebe-4e4b-bc0c-a4d4756463c7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28530004"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3057435"
    title: "Fantastic Negrito"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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