# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/papa-wemba
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:27:04.187Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/papa-wemba"
name: "Papa Wemba"
slug: "papa-wemba"
description: "Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, known professionally as Papa Wemba, was a Congolese singer and musician who played Congolese rumba, soukous, and ndombolo. Dubbed the \"King of Rumba Rock\", he was one of the most popular musicians of his time in Africa and played an important role in world music. He was also a fashion icon who popularized the Sape look and style through his musical group Viva la Musica, with whom he performed on stages throughout the world."
tagline: "Congolese singer, musician and actor (1949-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Papa_Wemba.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-06-14"
deathDate: "2016-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.148056755089451
  historical:           23.260316
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  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 255000
platforms:
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    handle:    "Wembadio"
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    handle:    "@papawembaofficiel"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump