# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kanto
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:02:03.806Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kanto"
name: "Kanto"
slug: "kanto"
description: "Choi Kwang-ryul, known by the stage name Kanto (칸토), is a South Korean rapper and composer. He debuted as a soloist with his debut single, What You Want, on October 25, 2013. He later debuted as a member of South Korean hip hop and R&B quartet Troy in September 2014. He released his first EP, 14216, on September 27, 2016."
tagline: "South Korean singer and rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kanto_May_2018.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1994-05-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.345033333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kanto94"
    handle:    "kanto94"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/choikanto/"
    handle:    "choikanto"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/KANTOofficial"
    handle:    "KANTOofficial"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Pr77yszl1ikj6k9sy4Cju"
    handle:    "1Pr77yszl1ikj6k9sy4Cju"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/86a196e3-4799-464e-85b8-2a59b60203e1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanto_(rapper)"
    title: "Kanto (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanto_(rapero)"
    title: "Kanto (rapero)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanto_(rapper)"
    title: "Kanto (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B8%ED%86%A0_(%EB%9E%98%ED%8D%BC)"
    title: "칸토 (래퍼)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%95_(%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C)"
    title: "คันโต (แร็ปเปอร์)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/KANTO"
    title: "KANTO"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47672793"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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