# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-desvarieux
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:58:19.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-desvarieux"
name: "Jacob Desvarieux"
slug: "jacob-desvarieux"
description: "Kassav', also alternatively spelled Kassav, is a French Caribbean band that originated from Guadeloupe in 1979. The band's musical style is rooted in the Guadeloupean gwoka rhythm, as well as the Martinican tibwa and Mendé rhythms. Regarded as one of the most influential bands in 20th-century French West Indies music, Kassav is often credited with pioneering the zouk musical genre. Their musical evolution is a synthesis of cadence-lypso and compas traditions."
tagline: "French singer, musician, arranger and producer (1955–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob_DESVARIEUX_2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-11-21"
deathDate: "2021-07-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.14
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.152573333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221855/"
    handle:    "nm0221855"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5kgUhKxbTHjE9twwTrEqru"
    handle:    "5kgUhKxbTHjE9twwTrEqru"
sources:
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    title: "Jacob Desvarieux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3157537"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Desvarieux"
    title: "Jacob Desvarieux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Desvarieux"
    title: "Jacob Desvarieux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c8ecf6e0-9317-4b42-ad52-aa4dd1bf3df7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/49142"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Desvarieux"
    title: "Jacob Desvarieux"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/544268"
    title: "Jacob Desvarieux"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views