# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/l-v
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:22:05.286Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/l-v"
name: "L.V."
slug: "l-v"
description: "Larry J. Sanders, known professionally as L.V., is an American singer, best known for his collaboration with rapper Coolio on the worldwide hit single \"Gangsta's Paradise\". He has released five solo albums and has been a member of the gangsta rap group South Central Cartel since 1994, usually singing the choruses. In 2019, L.V. was featured by NBC News after the Los Angeles Police Department designated him as a gang member or associate for the purposes of a heavily criticized database. On July 27, 2025, L.V. was featured on an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver discussing gang databases."
tagline: "American singer"
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: "1954-10-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.506288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/150433"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "لاري ساندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "لارى ساندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "لاری ساندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._V."
    title: "L. V."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.V._(singer)"
    title: "L.V. (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.V._(cantante)"
    title: "L.V. (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._V."
    title: "L. V."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.V._(mawakin)"
    title: "L.V. (mawakin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.V."
    title: "L.V."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.V._(zanger)"
    title: "L.V. (zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.V."
    title: "L.V."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._V."
    title: "L. V."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.V."
    title: "L.V."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.V."
    title: "L.V."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.V._(%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BA)"
    title: "L.V. (співак)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/773c48db-eb0c-491f-9a36-633d72dcee8d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1797798"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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