# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/king-tee
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:21:07.206Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/king-tee"
name: "King Tee"
slug: "king-tee"
description: "Roger McBride, better known by his stage name King T, is an American West Coast hip hop rapper from Compton, California. Emerging as one of Compton's earliest hip hop artists, he was signed to Capitol Records, where he released his debut album Act a Fool in 1988 with the hit singles \"Act a Fool,\" \"Payback's A Mutha,\" \"The Coolest,\" and \"Bass” [Remix], all of which were considered hip-hop classics. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he worked primarily with producer DJ Pooh, and was responsible for the rise of Tha Alkaholiks, whom he helped guide into the rap game. King T is also the CEO of his own record label, King T Inc."
tagline: "American rapper"
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: "1968-12-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.86
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.520810666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kingtla"
    handle:    "kingtla"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Kingtla"
    handle:    "Kingtla"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kingtla.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/82689"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_T"
    title: "King T"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Tee"
    title: "King Tee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "كينج تى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_T"
    title: "King T"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Tee"
    title: "King Tee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_T"
    title: "King T"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Tee"
    title: "King Tee"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7ec04edc-59ce-4fc4-8c0a-f519f38be4fd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325718"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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