# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-mtume
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:59:51.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-mtume"
name: "James Mtume"
slug: "james-mtume"
description: "James Forman, known professionally as Mtume or James Mtume, was an American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist, and radio personality."
tagline: "American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality (1947–2022)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eHU8nEWaM92nZYgPYoTnAvzAJnA.jpg"
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: "1946-01-03"
deathDate: "2022-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.75
  momentum:             1.804374240583232
  historical:           9.139896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/jamesmtumelive"
    handle:    "jamesmtumelive"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jamesmtumelive/"
    handle:    "jamesmtumelive"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/therealJamesmtume"
    handle:    "therealJamesmtume"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmtumelive/"
    handle:    "jamesmtumelive"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0610781/"
    handle:    "nm0610781"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/70BKzzU2tSfJIJiUE0h9UW"
    handle:    "70BKzzU2tSfJIJiUE0h9UW"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.jamesmtumeonline.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFjYtgIZdnjBG5_I1g_VOg"
    handle:    "James Mtume - Topic"
    followers: 0
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/38236"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D9%89"
    title: "جيمس متومى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mtume"
    title: "James Mtume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mtume"
    title: "James Mtume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mtume"
    title: "James Mtume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mtume"
    title: "James Mtume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A1"
    title: "ジェームズ・エムトゥーメ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mtume"
    title: "James Mtume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mtume"
    title: "James Mtume"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/53b9e1e3-ee9f-4c73-9cc8-6781ee976cf6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504429"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1499801"
    title: "James Mtume"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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