# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rodney-jerkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:53:11.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rodney-jerkins"
name: "Rodney Jerkins"
slug: "rodney-jerkins"
description: "Rodney Roy Jerkins, better known by his stage name Darkchild, is an American record producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has collaborated with a broad range of popular artists."
tagline: "American record producer and rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rodney_Darkchild_Jerkins_(11149414586).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: "1977-07-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.90925066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/RodneyJerkins"
    handle:    "RodneyJerkins"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/rodneyjerkins/"
    handle:    "rodneyjerkins"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1276078/"
    handle:    "nm1276078"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://darkchild.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/51079"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "رودني جيركنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%89_%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "رودنى چيركينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins"
    title: "Rodney Jerkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins"
    title: "Rodney Jerkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkchild"
    title: "Darkchild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins"
    title: "Rodney Jerkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "رودنی جرکینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins"
    title: "Rodney Jerkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins"
    title: "Rodney Jerkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%A4%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%8B%D5%A5%D6%80%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%BD"
    title: "Ռոդնի Ջերքինս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins"
    title: "Rodney Jerkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkchild"
    title: "Darkchild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%89%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ロドニー・ジャーキンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%93%9C%EB%8B%88_%EC%A0%80%ED%82%A8%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "로드니 저킨스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins"
    title: "Rodney Jerkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins"
    title: "Rodney Jerkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins"
    title: "Rodney Jerkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Джеркинс, Родни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkchild"
    title: "Darkchild"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins"
    title: "Rodney Jerkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "روڈنی جرکنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Jerkins"
    title: "Rodney Jerkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5c882e22-3467-4cc3-8c77-6595288f3b39"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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