# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roger-troutman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:53:38.726Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roger-troutman"
name: "Roger Troutman"
slug: "roger-troutman"
description: "Roger Troutman, also known simply as Roger, was an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the founder of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk movement and influenced West Coast hip-hop due to the scene's heavy sampling of his music."
tagline: "American musician (1951–1999)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/Roger_Troutman.jpg"
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: "1951-11-29"
deathDate: "1999-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.03384666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0873810/"
    handle:    "nm0873810"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3GMoVpWJy4smKuxFuFTwXC"
    handle:    "3GMoVpWJy4smKuxFuFTwXC"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کورنبرق تروتمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roger Troutman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Troutman"
    title: "Roger Troutman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Troutman"
    title: "Roger Troutman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کورنبرگ تروتمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roger Troutman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roger Troutman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ロジャー・トラウトマン"
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    title: "Roger Troutman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Troutman"
    title: "Roger Troutman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roger Troutman"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Roger Troutman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump