# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-a-the-rugged-man
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:03:42.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/r-a-the-rugged-man"
name: "R.A. the Rugged Man"
slug: "r-a-the-rugged-man"
description: "R.A. Thorburn, better known by his stage name R.A. the Rugged Man, is an American rapper and producer. He began his music career at age 12, building a reputation locally for his lyrical skills. Thorburn signed with major label Jive Records at age 18, but his debut album, Night of the Bloody Apes, was never released."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RA_The_Rugged_Man_live_at_Club_120_(36397360632)_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-01-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "RAtheRuggedMan"
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    handle:    "RA-The-Rugged-Man-Official-Page"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "آر.اى. ذا روجيد مان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "R.A. the Rugged Man"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump