# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meshell-ndegeocello
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:17:38.248Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meshell-ndegeocello"
name: "Meshell Ndegeocello"
slug: "meshell-ndegeocello"
description: "Meshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and bassist. She has gone by the name Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur which is used as a writing credit on some of her mid-career work. Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences, including funk, soul, jazz, hip hop, reggae and rock. She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career, being nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, and winning three. She also has been credited for helping to \"spark the neo-soul movement\"."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist (born 1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meshell_Ndegeocello_at_Istanbul_Jazz_Festival_20250708_(5).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1968-08-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           71.5
  momentum:             3.807947019867549
  historical:           18.903408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 60500
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/OfficialMeshell"
    handle:    "OfficialMeshell"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/officialmeshell/"
    handle:    "officialmeshell"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialmeshell"
    handle:    "officialmeshell"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623483/"
    handle:    "nm0623483"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0uZRjholJ0fVC2J9EvnYnj"
    handle:    "0uZRjholJ0fVC2J9EvnYnj"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.meshell.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi8VuFWP_XI7LKfLR203lEA"
    handle:    "@meshellofficial"
    followers: 60500
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميشيل نديجيوسيلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Meshell Ndegeocello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello"
    title: "Meshell Ndegeocello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Meshell Ndegeocello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Meshell Ndegeocello"
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    title: "Meshell Ndegeocello"
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    title: "ミシェル・ンデゲオチェロ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "미셀 엔디지오첼로"
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    title: "Me’shell Ndegeocello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello"
    title: "Meshell Ndegeocello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ндегеочелло, Мишель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello"
    title: "Meshell Ndegeocello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me'shell_N'Degeocello"
    title: "Me'shell N'Degeocello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello"
    title: "Meshell Ndegeocello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Me'shell Ndegeocello"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Meshell Ndegeocello"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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