# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lil-jon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:26:01.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lil-jon"
name: "Lil Jon"
slug: "lil-jon"
description: "Jonathan H. Smith, better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper and record producer. Regarded as a progenitor of the club-oriented hip-hop subgenre crunk, his production and voice presence were instrumental in the genre's commercial breakthrough in the early 2000s. He was also the frontman of the group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, with whom he has released five albums."
tagline: "American rapper and record producer (born 1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lil_Jon.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: "1971-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           78.78
  momentum:             10
  historical:           24.25743333333333
  currentAttention:     43.84
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  197
  category: 219
totalFollowers: 1080000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LilJon"
    handle:    "LilJon"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/liljon/"
    handle:    "liljon"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@liljon"
    handle:    "liljon"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/LilJon"
    handle:    "LilJon"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1441760/"
    handle:    "nm1441760"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7sfl4Xt5KmfyDs2T3SVSMK"
    handle:    "7sfl4Xt5KmfyDs2T3SVSMK"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://liljon.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCak_T_U_EWN49_aTdl7FCqw"
    handle:    "@liljon"
    followers: 1080000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/182673"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ليل جون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لیل جان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Лил Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "লিল জন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لیل جۆن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لیل جان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ליל ג'ון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "लिल जॉन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%AB%D5%AC_%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6"
    title: "Լիլ Ջոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil_Jon"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3"
    title: "リル・ジョン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%B4_%EC%A1%B4"
    title: "릴 존"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a95384b1-6aec-468c-ae0d-8c6daf87c4c2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q294449"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/224098"
    title: "Lil Jon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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