# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ijahman-levi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:55:50.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ijahman-levi"
name: "Ijahman Levi"
slug: "ijahman-levi"
description: "Ijahman Levi is a Jamaican-British conscious roots reggae chanter, artist and musician. In his early years, Levi was tutored by musician and vocal teacher, Joe Higgs. His first album, Haile I Hymn, was released on Island Records in 1978. He became Ijahman Levi after a religious spiritual conversion to Rastafari when he was in prison between 1972 and 1974. It and his following records preach Rastafari movement as well as Twelve Tribes of Israel doctrine."
tagline: "Jamaican reggae artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2013-08-24_Chiemsee_Reggae_Summer_-_I-Jahman_Levi_6285-cropped.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-06-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           66.1
  momentum:             13.42471910112359
  historical:           10.76281733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 38000
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/00ehjjBKPyX63R1NrlAZMW"
    handle:    "Ijahman Levi"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8gqWvWAzHtx4MVe0Z75YGw"
    handle:    "Ijahman - Topic"
    followers: 38000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/230918"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%89"
    title: "ايچاهمان ليڤى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijahman_Levi"
    title: "Ijahman Levi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijahman_Levi"
    title: "Ijahman Levi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijahman_Levi"
    title: "Ijahman Levi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJahman"
    title: "IJahman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijahman_Levi"
    title: "Ijahman Levi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijahman_Levi"
    title: "Ijahman Levi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijahman_Levi"
    title: "Ijahman Levi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijahman"
    title: "Ijahman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijahman_Levi"
    title: "Ijahman Levi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijahman_Levi"
    title: "Ijahman Levi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b8faec77-6c10-4e1f-98ff-b13c58fc3309"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q925907"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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