# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joshua-dolgin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:28:42.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joshua-dolgin"
name: "Joshua Dolgin"
slug: "joshua-dolgin"
description: "Joshua Dolgin, better known by his stage name Socalled, is a Canadian rapper and record producer known for his eclectic mix of hip-hop, klezmer, and other styles such as drum & bass and folk music. A pianist and accordion player, he has taught the latter at Klezfest London, where he has also run workshops in \"hiphopkele\". He has played with clarinetist David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness!, Michael Winograd and has also worked with artists such as rappers C-Rayz Walz, Chilly Gonzales, funk trombonist Fred Wesley, and Sophie Solomon. Dolgin has Ukrainian, Romanian and Russian roots."
tagline: "Canadian Klezmer musician and DJ"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Socalled.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.08
  momentum:             0.2989130434782609
  historical:           6.146977333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/socalledmusic"
    handle:    "socalledmusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/socalledmusic"
    handle:    "socalledmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3064436/"
    handle:    "nm3064436"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.socalledmusic.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/749473"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "چوشوا دولجين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socalled"
    title: "Socalled"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socalled"
    title: "Socalled"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socalled"
    title: "Socalled"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socalled"
    title: "Socalled"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2867812b-4a04-45c2-9b74-a7d457fb84fd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q375796"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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