# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kashif
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:59:30.025Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kashif"
name: "Kashif"
slug: "kashif"
description: "Kashif Saleem was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from New York City. As a teenager, Kashif joined the funk group B. T. Express. He studied Islam and changed his name from Michael Jones to Kashif. He later signed with Arista Records enjoying success as a solo artist."
tagline: "American musician (1956–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kashif_Saleem_and_Althea_Moses_-_fiance_.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: "1959-12-26"
deathDate: "2016-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.78
  momentum:             1.070844686648501
  historical:           10.21293466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1862109/"
    handle:    "nm1862109"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/135Rv69sEKYSUfBBaI7i3M"
    handle:    "135Rv69sEKYSUfBBaI7i3M"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/64489"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%81_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "کاشف (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashif"
    title: "Kashif"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashif_(Musiker)"
    title: "Kashif (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashif_(musician)"
    title: "Kashif (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%81_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "کاشف (موسیقی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashif"
    title: "Kashif"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashif_(musicista)"
    title: "Kashif (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95"
    title: "カシーフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashif"
    title: "Kashif"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/527c329b-3eed-41aa-9d92-5f8d8849e0c3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3193690"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2102352"
    title: "Kashif Mehmood"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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