# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/h-r
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:35:10.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/h-r"
name: "H.R."
slug: "h-r"
description: "Paul D. Hudson, known professionally as H.R., is an American musician who leads the hardcore punk band Bad Brains, and is an instrumental figure in the development of the genre. His vocal delivery has been described as diverse, ranging from a rapid-fire nasal whine, to feral growling and screeches, to smooth near-crooning or staccato reggae rhymes. He has departed the band periodically to pursue solo efforts that are more inspired by reggae than Bad Brains' punk sound. He is the older brother of Bad Brains' drummer Earl Hudson."
tagline: "Vocalist for D.C. hardcore band Bad Brains"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_HR_Hudson_GalaxyCon_Nashville_052026-2.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: "1956-02-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.587493333333334
  currentAttention:     7.88
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/therealofficialhr/"
    handle:    "therealofficialhr"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/therealofficialhr"
    handle:    "therealofficialhr"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://therealofficialhr.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/117937"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.R._(musician)"
    title: "H.R. (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hudson"
    title: "Paul Hudson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.R."
    title: "H.R."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.R."
    title: "H.R."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.R."
    title: "H.R."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dd484469-3749-42ac-ab57-192469b19aa3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2394511"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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