# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/freeway
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:50:10.418Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/freeway"
name: "Freeway"
slug: "freeway"
description: "Leslie Edward Pridgen, better known by his stage name Freeway, is an American rapper. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he first gained recognition after appearing on Jay-Z's fifth album, The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, in 2000. The following year, he joined the Philadelphia-based hip-hop collective State Property, who were signed to Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records, an imprint of Def Jam Recordings."
tagline: "American rapper from Pennsylvania"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Freeway_performing_in_Wilmington%2C_Delaware_2.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: "1978-08-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.54
  momentum:             2.360603290676417
  historical:           15.46139066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1085396/"
    handle:    "nm1085396"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Jwr7hGoSNK3S3QBxh3T0z"
    handle:    "2Jwr7hGoSNK3S3QBxh3T0z"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.freewayatlast.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/166190"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_(rapper)"
    title: "Freeway (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_(Rapper)"
    title: "Freeway (Rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_(rapper)"
    title: "Freeway (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway"
    title: "Freeway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway"
    title: "Freeway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_(rappeur)"
    title: "Freeway (rappeur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_(rapper)"
    title: "Freeway (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4_(%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC)"
    title: "フリーウェイ (ラッパー)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%9B%A8%EC%9D%B4_(%EB%9E%98%ED%8D%BC)"
    title: "프리웨이 (래퍼)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_(rapper)"
    title: "Freeway (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway"
    title: "Freeway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_(rapper)"
    title: "Freeway (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_(%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80)"
    title: "Freeway (рэпер)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway"
    title: "Freeway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeway_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80)"
    title: "Freeway (репер)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5d008bf9-2958-4640-a5de-dcdcebe711a4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q536526"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1468398"
    title: "Freeway"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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