# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ini-kamoze
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:22:21.840Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ini-kamoze"
name: "Ini Kamoze"
slug: "ini-kamoze"
description: "Ini Kamoze is a Jamaican reggae singer who began his career in the early 1980s and rose to prominence in 1994 with the signature song \"Here Comes the Hotstepper\". The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as charts in Denmark and New Zealand, reaching No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart."
tagline: "Jamaican singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ini_Kamoze_980916.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-10-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.08155066666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 120000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/iNi_Kamoze"
    handle:    "iNi_Kamoze"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1692240/"
    handle:    "nm1692240"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1VJspRsoC6c0bvqhnSiFCs"
    handle:    "1VJspRsoC6c0bvqhnSiFCs"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.inikamoze.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCExR0iiJT_1qeE069er4hTw"
    handle:    "@inikamozevevo"
    followers: 120000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/39230"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "اينى كاموز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8"
    title: "Айни Камози"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kamoze"
    title: "Ini Kamoze"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ce29fa89-8aed-4f7b-8b3e-a34d0c9ed0c6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711224"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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