# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeru-the-damaja
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:30:23.919Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeru-the-damaja"
name: "Jeru the Damaja"
slug: "jeru-the-damaja"
description: "Kendrick Jeru Davis, known as Jeru the Damaja, is an American rapper and record producer. He is known for his 1993 single \"Come Clean\" from his debut album, The Sun Rises in the East, ranked as one of the 100 greatest hip-hop albums of all time by the editors of About.com. He has worked extensively with Guru and DJ Premier of Gang Starr, whom he has known since he was in high school."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeru_the_Damaja_4.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: "1972-02-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.01
  momentum:             1.859415192398551
  historical:           13.27240133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Jeruthedamaja"
    handle:    "Jeruthedamaja"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jeruthedamaja.com/index.html"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چيرو ثى داماچا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeru the Damaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeru the Damaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeru_the_Damaja"
    title: "Jeru the Damaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeru_The_Damaja"
    title: "Jeru The Damaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeru_the_Damaja"
    title: "Jeru the Damaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeru_the_Damaja"
    title: "Jeru the Damaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%93%D7%94_%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%92'%D7%94"
    title: "ג'רו דה דמג'ה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeru_the_Damaja"
    title: "Jeru the Damaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeru_the_Damaja"
    title: "Jeru the Damaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeru_the_Damaja"
    title: "Jeru the Damaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeru_the_Damaja"
    title: "Jeru the Damaja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jeru_the_Damaja"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jeru_the_Damaja"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6593c2bc-9327-4adf-a8b2-b315e4f5c0bb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q693586"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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