# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/felix-wazekwa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:24:07.002Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/felix-wazekwa"
name: "Félix Wazekwa"
slug: "felix-wazekwa"
description: "Félix Nlandu Wazekwa is a Congolese singer-songwriter, author, filmmaker, dancer, and bandleader. Known for his Lingala deep lyrics and baritone voice, he is regarded as an influential figure in soukous and Congolese rumba music and one of the most prominent lyricists of his generation."
tagline: "Congolese singer-songwriter, author, filmmaker, dancer, and bandleader"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-09-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.99
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.295034666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Wazekwa"
    title: "Félix Wazekwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Wazekwa"
    title: "Felix Wazekwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Wazekwa"
    title: "Félix Wazekwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4417620"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Wazekwa"
    title: "Félix Wazekwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Wazekwa"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3092639"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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