# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gza
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:56:45.604Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gza"
name: "GZA"
slug: "gza"
description: "Gary Eldridge Grice, better known by his stage names GZA and the Genius, is an American rapper. A founding member of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, GZA is the group's \"spiritual head\", being both the first member in the group to receive a record deal and being the oldest member. He has appeared on his fellow Wu-Tang members' solo projects, and has maintained a successful solo career starting with his second album Liquid Swords (1995)."
tagline: "American rapper (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GZA_at_Paid_Dues_3.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: "1966-08-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.13386133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 7030
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/therealgza"
    handle:    "therealgza"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/therealgza/"
    handle:    "therealgza"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/theGZA"
    handle:    "theGZA"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1292361/"
    handle:    "nm1292361"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ns6XAOsw4B0nDUIovAOUO"
    handle:    "6ns6XAOsw4B0nDUIovAOUO"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiqVU64-lUZ9T0YaYliumsw"
    handle:    "@gzageniusvevo"
    followers: 7030
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/550cb78b-4995-4873-baea-76ef265531f5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "جزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "جزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7"
    title: "جزا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA_(Rapper)"
    title: "GZA (Rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7_(%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1)"
    title: "جیزا (رپر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%96%D7%94"
    title: "ג'יזה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA_(rapper)"
    title: "GZA (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gza"
    title: "Gza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/GZA"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0"
    title: "Џиза"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361657"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13613"
    title: "GZA"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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