# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marley-marl
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:17:06.786Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marley-marl"
name: "Marley Marl"
slug: "marley-marl"
description: "Marlon Lu'Ree Williams, better known by his stage name Marley Marl, is an American DJ, record producer, rapper and record label founder, primarily operating in hip-hop music. Marlon grew up in Queensbridge housing projects located in Queens, New York. He performed in local talent shows during the early days of rap music, further fueling his interest."
tagline: "American DJ, record producer and rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marley_Marl_live_in_Utrecht.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: "1962-09-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.367184
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MarleyMarlDJ"
    handle:    "MarleyMarlDJ"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1796775/"
    handle:    "nm1796775"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0AqfGv5Nifg1klh0iH4Nqs"
    handle:    "0AqfGv5Nifg1klh0iH4Nqs"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://djmarleymarl.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/13873"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84"
    title: "مارلى مارل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "マーリー・マール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marley_Marl"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8e7f5842-de5e-4eab-8d5f-0a55c84f4cb1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1347312"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/133307"
    title: "Marley Marl"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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