# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/method-man
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:48:38.764Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/method-man"
name: "Method Man"
slug: "method-man"
description: "Clifford Smith Jr., known professionally as Method Man, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. He is a member of the East Coast hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and is half of the hip-hop duo Method Man & Redman. His debut solo album, Tical (1994), peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and spawned the single \"I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By\", which won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards. The song also peaked within the top five of the Billboard Hot 100; he and Blige later starred in Power Book II: Ghost, a spin-off of Power."
tagline: "American rapper and actor (born 1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Method_Man_at_Shattuck_Down_Low.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: "1971-03-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           75.9
  momentum:             1.042851597441393
  historical:           25.28881333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 277000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/methodman"
    handle:    "methodman"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/methodmanofficial/"
    handle:    "methodmanofficial"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://smithgarrproductions.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/methodman"
    handle:    "methodman"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541218/"
    handle:    "nm0541218"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4VmEWwd8y9MCLwexFMdpwt"
    handle:    "4VmEWwd8y9MCLwexFMdpwt"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDP3pzdWHiMFZYxntz8zAvw"
    handle:    "@methodmanvevo"
    followers: 277000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ميثودمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ميثودمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "متد من"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Метод Мен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "شێواز پیاو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "متد من"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%AA'%D7%95%D7%93_%D7%9E%D7%9F"
    title: "מת'וד מן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%BD%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "メソッド・マン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EC%86%8C%EB%93%9C_%EB%A7%A8"
    title: "메소드 맨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/94dbfe2e-ca48-4e08-a5a8-e1e74136c63d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298694"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5384"
    title: "Method Man"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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