# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ishmael-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:26:12.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ishmael-butler"
name: "Ishmael Butler"
slug: "ishmael-butler"
description: "Ishmael Reginald Butler is an American rapper, record producer and songwriter. He is best known for his work with such groups as Digable Planets in the 1990s and Shabazz Palaces in the 2010s."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ishmael_Butler_02_(cropped).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: "1969-07-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.654905333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1101492/"
    handle:    "nm1101492"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Butler"
    title: "Ishmael Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b0cc6682-b7c2-49cd-99a1-53667d54a63a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/211482"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20684213"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/964674"
    title: "Ishmael Butler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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