# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-grae
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:41:53.779Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-grae"
name: "Jean Grae"
slug: "jean-grae"
description: "Tsidi Ibrahim, known professionally as Jean Grae, is a South African-born American musician and writer. She emerged in New York City's underground hip-hop scene and developed an international following. Throughout her music career, her distinctive style and lyricism gained recognition, with artists such as Talib Kweli, Jay-Z, and Black Thought of The Roots expressing admiration for her work."
tagline: "Musician and writer (born 1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean_Grae_at_La_Zona_-_SXSW_2006_-_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "non-binary"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976-11-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.03
  momentum:             25
  historical:           10.15711466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  238
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JeanGreasy"
    handle:    "JeanGreasy"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JeanGrae"
    handle:    "JeanGrae"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1897510/"
    handle:    "nm1897510"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2ipBhKpOYqs6BbysLNGye6"
    handle:    "2ipBhKpOYqs6BbysLNGye6"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jeangrae.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/57471"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "چيان جراى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grae"
    title: "Jean Grae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grae"
    title: "Jean Grae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grae"
    title: "Jean Grae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grae"
    title: "Jean Grae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grae"
    title: "Jean Grae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grae"
    title: "Jean Grae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grae"
    title: "Jean Grae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Grae"
    title: "Jean Grae"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/04aafe35-ad89-48ef-ada6-f95e5a6b8934"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q455304"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/224863"
    title: "Jean Grae"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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