# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jah-shaka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:20:51.389Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jah-shaka"
name: "Jah Shaka"
slug: "jah-shaka"
description: "Jah Shaka, also known as the Zulu Warrior, was a Jamaican reggae/dub sound system operator who operated a South East London-based, roots reggae Jamaican sound system from 1970. His name is an amalgamation of the Rastafarian term for God and that of the Zulu king Shaka Zulu."
tagline: "Jamaican-born British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SHAKA.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948"
deathDate: "2023-04-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.08
  momentum:             4.583333333333333
  historical:           7.24752
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3UdoO8DiElu02b95ig57cC"
    handle:    "3UdoO8DiElu02b95ig57cC"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jahshakasoundsystem.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/157538"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah_Shaka"
    title: "Jah Shaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah_Shaka"
    title: "Jah Shaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah_Shaka"
    title: "Jah Shaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah_Shaka"
    title: "Jah Shaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AB"
    title: "ジャー・シャカ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jah_Shaka"
    title: "Jah Shaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/47b2253e-034f-4806-b65c-7cee187f34d8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726991"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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