# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guru
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:07:58.509Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/guru"
name: "Guru"
slug: "guru"
description: "Keith Edward Elam, better known by his stage name Guru, was an American rapper, record producer and actor. He was a member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Boston."
tagline: "American rapper (1961–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guru_(rapper).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: "1961-07-17"
deathDate: "2010-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.09482533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857260/"
    handle:    "nm0857260"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6xyaria4AcxjRuJZLkWvMW"
    handle:    "6xyaria4AcxjRuJZLkWvMW"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gurutributes.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3862"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8)"
    title: "غورو (مغن راب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "جورو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_(%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1)"
    title: "قورو (رپر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(raper)"
    title: "Guru (raper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(rapper)"
    title: "Guru (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(rapper)"
    title: "Guru (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(Rapper)"
    title: "Guru (Rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81)"
    title: "Guru (ράπερ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(rapper)"
    title: "Guru (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(rapero)"
    title: "Guru (rapero)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(artisti)"
    title: "Guru (artisti)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(rappeur)"
    title: "Guru (rappeur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru"
    title: "Guru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95_(%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8)"
    title: "גורו (ראפר)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(rapper)"
    title: "Guru (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC_(%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC)"
    title: "グールー (ラッパー)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%AC%EB%A3%A8_(%EB%9E%98%ED%8D%BC)"
    title: "구루 (래퍼)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(rapper)"
    title: "Guru (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(raper)"
    title: "Guru (raper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(rapper)"
    title: "Guru (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(rapper)"
    title: "Guru (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru"
    title: "Guru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80)"
    title: "Гуру (репер)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(rappare)"
    title: "Guru (rappare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(rapa)"
    title: "Guru (rapa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/215c6ab2-7888-4061-bd56-9fb650328106"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974795"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/224096"
    title: "Guru"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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