# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roots-manuva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:05:12.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roots-manuva"
name: "Roots Manuva"
slug: "roots-manuva"
description: "Rodney Hylton Smith, better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a British rapper and producer. Since his debut in 1994, he has produced numerous albums and singles on the label Big Dada, achieving commercial success with albums Run Come Save Me and Slime & Reason. He has been described as \"one of the most influential artists in British music history.\" His most recent studio album, Bleeds, was released in October 2015."
tagline: "British rapper and producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roots_Manuva_Anais_photography_Auckland_concert-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1972-09-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.31
  momentum:             3.985765124555159
  historical:           11.733092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rootsmanuva"
    handle:    "rootsmanuva"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Roots-Manuva-27817357315"
    handle:    "Roots-Manuva-27817357315"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4sSSkVtrCTzENCgm2vokiY"
    handle:    "4sSSkVtrCTzENCgm2vokiY"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://rootsmanuva.co.uk"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "روتس مانوفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Manuva"
    title: "Roots Manuva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Manuva"
    title: "Roots Manuva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Manuva"
    title: "Roots Manuva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Manuva"
    title: "Roots Manuva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Manuva"
    title: "Roots Manuva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Manuva"
    title: "Roots Manuva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Manuva"
    title: "Roots Manuva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Manuva"
    title: "Roots Manuva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Manuva"
    title: "Roots Manuva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Manuva"
    title: "Roots Manuva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_Manuva"
    title: "Roots Manuva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/67a71fbe-1a41-4c6d-93ab-09c000ab4aa7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q921809"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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