# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gerardo
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:41:07.908Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gerardo"
name: "Gerardo"
slug: "gerardo"
description: "Gerardo Mejía Aguilera, better known by his mononym Gerardo, is an Ecuadorian-born American singer, rapper and actor. He gained wide visibility with his 1990 hit single \"Rico Suave\", and later became a recording industry executive and a Christian pastor."
tagline: "Ecuadorian singer, rapper and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gerardo_Mej%C3%ADa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1965-04-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.43
  momentum:             1.805691854759568
  historical:           10.99318133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577226/"
    handle:    "nm0577226"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/130979"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "جيراردو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "جيراردو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Mej%C3%ADa"
    title: "Gerardo Mejía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_(musician)"
    title: "Gerardo (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Mej%C3%ADa"
    title: "Gerardo Mejía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88"
    title: "جراردو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_(musicien)"
    title: "Gerardo (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Mej%C3%ADa"
    title: "Gerardo Mejía"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "خراردو مخیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_(musician)"
    title: "Gerardo (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/90c70b5d-2966-46a9-81a9-eeae67a9d411"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5550286"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1465476"
    title: "Shaun Gerardo"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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