# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hi-tek
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:29:36.101Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hi-tek"
name: "Hi-Tek"
slug: "hi-tek"
description: "Tony Louis Cottrell, better known as Hi-Tek, is an American rapper and music producer from Cincinnati, Ohio. He is best known for his work with Talib Kweli as the duo Reflection Eternal. His father is singer Willie Cottrell of the Willie Cottrell Band, whom Hi-Tek featured on his second album, Hi-Teknology 2."
tagline: "American rapper and producer"
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: "1976-05-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.623045333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/HiTek"
    handle:    "HiTek"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/hitek/"
    handle:    "hitek"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/39909"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "هى تيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Tek"
    title: "Hi-Tek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Tek"
    title: "Hi-Tek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Tek"
    title: "Hi-Tek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Tek"
    title: "Hi-Tek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Tek"
    title: "Hi-Tek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Tek"
    title: "Hi-Tek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Tek"
    title: "Hi-Tek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fcb6d9df-6cef-4f33-8850-7570bcc99718"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718856"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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