# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-the-godson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:34:04.372Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-the-godson"
name: "Fred the Godson"
slug: "fred-the-godson"
description: "Frederick Thomas, known as Fred the Godson, was an American DJ and rapper. He was the first high-profile hip hop personality to have died from COVID-19 in April 2020; it was the early stages of the pandemic."
tagline: "American rapper (1979-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_the_Godson%2C_late_2016.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: "1979-02-22"
deathDate: "2020-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.043155765340526
  historical:           10.13096266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1010
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/FREDTHEGODSON"
    handle:    "FREDTHEGODSON"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/fredthegodsonmusic/"
    handle:    "fredthegodsonmusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialfredthegodson"
    handle:    "officialfredthegodson"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6290256/"
    handle:    "nm6290256"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "4XfZS4DTtBxAd8JjsDFMzl"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC21tSeUpxXqYtnSOzVhYtHA"
    handle:    "@fredthegodsonofficial"
    followers: 1010
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_the_Godson"
    title: "Fred the Godson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_the_Godson"
    title: "Fred the Godson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_the_Godson"
    title: "Fred the Godson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_the_Godson"
    title: "Fred the Godson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "フレッド・ザ・ゴッドソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrick_Thomas"
    title: "Fredrick Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_the_Godson"
    title: "Fred the Godson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_the_Godson"
    title: "Fred the Godson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thomas"
    title: "Frederick Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91756690"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4709493"
    title: "Fred the Godson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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