# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/king-sporty
# Generated: 2026-08-20T20:39:51.847Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/king-sporty"
name: "King Sporty"
slug: "king-sporty"
description: "Noel George Williams, better known as King Sporty, was a Jamaican DJ, reggae musician, and record producer for the Tashamba and Konduko labels. He is best known for co-writing the song, \"Buffalo Soldier\", made famous by Bob Marley."
tagline: "Jamaican DJ (1943–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/King_Sporty.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-09-19"
deathDate: "2015-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.417028
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 148
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6406363/"
    handle:    "nm6406363"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6C5ugVsrxd3D7zeVqWJy1a"
    handle:    "6C5ugVsrxd3D7zeVqWJy1a"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg94k6PEnyckD1AJxyCoiiA"
    handle:    "King Sporty - Topic"
    followers: 148
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sporty"
    title: "King Sporty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sporty"
    title: "King Sporty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Sporty"
    title: "King Sporty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6fc35d50-6492-427e-b3ff-5ae85d87a0d4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/82087"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3197039"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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