# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kool-keith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:39:01.865Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kool-keith"
name: "Kool Keith"
slug: "kool-keith"
description: "Keith Matthew Thornton, better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an American rapper and record producer known for his surreal, abstract, and often profane or incomprehensible lyrics. Kool Keith has recorded prolifically both as a solo artist and in group collaborations. Kool Keith is generally considered to be one of hip-hop's most eccentric and unusual personalities."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kool_Keith_2011_(cropped).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: "1963-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.24462533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ultraman7000"
    handle:    "ultraman7000"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/55242639551"
    handle:    "55242639551"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1391984/"
    handle:    "nm1391984"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3zFaWPA8Jobgf5egh38KD2"
    handle:    "3zFaWPA8Jobgf5egh38KD2"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.koolkeith.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/18123"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "كوول كيث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "كوول كيث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith"
    title: "Kool Keith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith"
    title: "Kool Keith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith"
    title: "Kool Keith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith"
    title: "Kool Keith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith"
    title: "Kool Keith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith"
    title: "Kool Keith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith"
    title: "Kool Keith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith"
    title: "Kool Keith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith"
    title: "Kool Keith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith"
    title: "Kool Keith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool_Keith"
    title: "Kool Keith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE"
    title: "کول کیتھ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a2af80a6-b3d9-4727-98cb-9f7146f64bd8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1783775"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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