# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-bruce
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:50:16.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-bruce"
name: "Joseph Bruce"
slug: "joseph-bruce"
description: "Joseph Frank Bruce, known by his stage name Violent J, is an American rapper, record producer, professional wrestler, actor, and part of the hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse (ICP). He is a co-founder of the record label Psychopathic Records, with fellow ICP rapper Shaggy 2 Dope and their former manager, Alex Abbiss. Also along with Utsler, Bruce is the co-founder of the professional wrestling promotion Juggalo Championship Wrestling."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Violent_J_Insane_Clown_Posse_2017_Juggalo_March_(37464357701)_(cropped).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: "1972-04-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.84129333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/icp"
    handle:    "icp"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412885/"
    handle:    "nm0412885"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/328626"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_J"
    title: "Violent J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "چوزيف بروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D8%B2%DB%8E%D9%81_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جۆزێف بروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_J"
    title: "Violent J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_J"
    title: "Violent J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_J"
    title: "Violent J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_J"
    title: "Violent J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_J"
    title: "Violent J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_J"
    title: "Violent J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bruce"
    title: "Joseph Bruce"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d9e0328c-5d55-4ddc-b1ea-a2fd8a0f8de9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2576435"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4196852"
    title: "Bruce Joseph"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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