# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/prince-paul
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:16:03.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/prince-paul"
name: "Prince Paul"
slug: "prince-paul"
description: "Paul Edward Huston, better known by his stage name Prince Paul, is an American record producer, disc jockey and recording artist from Amityville, New York. Paul began his career as a DJ for Stetsasonic. He has worked on albums by Boogie Down Productions, Gravediggaz, MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane and 3rd Bass, among others. Major recognition for Prince Paul came when he produced De La Soul's debut album 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), in which he pioneered new approaches to hip hop production, mixing and sampling, notably by including comedy sketches."
tagline: "American rapper and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dj_prince_paul-mika.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: "1967-04-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.46661066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1009731/"
    handle:    "nm1009731"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ajUo7DyiAOYvCndGLoJ1u"
    handle:    "7ajUo7DyiAOYvCndGLoJ1u"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "برنس باول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "برنس پول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "برنس باول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Paul"
    title: "Prince Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Paul_(producer)"
    title: "Prince Paul (producer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Paul"
    title: "Prince Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Paul"
    title: "Prince Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Paul"
    title: "Prince Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Paul"
    title: "Prince Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Paul"
    title: "Prince Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Paul"
    title: "Prince Paul"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Paul_(mtayarishaji)"
    title: "Prince Paul (mtayarishaji)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/50840ae7-d000-4858-8aac-bd776a12dafa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34269"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2593574"
    title: "Prince Paul"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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