# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/professor-griff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:19:34.221Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/professor-griff"
name: "Professor Griff"
slug: "professor-griff"
description: "Richard Duane Griffin, better known by his stage name Professor Griff, is an American spoken word artist, and lecturer currently residing in Atlanta. He was a member of the hip-hop group Public Enemy, serving as the group's \"Minister of Information\"."
tagline: "American rapper, spoken word artist and lecturer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Professor_Griff_2014.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: "1960-08-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.39
  momentum:             1.115400243803332
  historical:           6.996956
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/griffthenme"
    handle:    "griffthenme"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0698469/"
    handle:    "nm0698469"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.pgriff.info"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "پروفيسور جريف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Griff"
    title: "Professor Griff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Griff"
    title: "Professor Griff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Griff"
    title: "Professor Griff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Griff"
    title: "Professor Griff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/368abae2-21ad-455b-a49f-f1c11a4d5e45"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2111952"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1053388"
    title: "Professor Griff"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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