# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roxanne-shante
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:28:55.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roxanne-shante"
name: "Roxanne Shanté"
slug: "roxanne-shante"
description: "Lolita Shanté Gooden, better known by her stage name Roxanne Shanté, is an American rapper. She first gained attention in 1984 through the Roxanne Wars, and was part of the Juice Crew. The 2017 film Roxanne Roxanne is a dramatization of Shanté's life."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roxanne_Shante_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1969-11-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.72
  momentum:             6.154395997140815
  historical:           11.36704533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ImroxanneShante"
    handle:    "ImroxanneShante"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1760529/"
    handle:    "nm1760529"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3r7n7y3j0nYgkPePO4p3QC"
    handle:    "3r7n7y3j0nYgkPePO4p3QC"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4096"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "روكسانى شانتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Shant%C3%A9"
    title: "Roxanne Shanté"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Shante"
    title: "Roxanne Shante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Shante"
    title: "Roxanne Shante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Shant%C3%A9"
    title: "Roxanne Shanté"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Shant%C3%A9"
    title: "Roxanne Shanté"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86"
    title: "ロクサーヌ・シャンテ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Shante"
    title: "Roxanne Shante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Shante"
    title: "Roxanne Shante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxanne_Shante"
    title: "Roxanne Shante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/401a5288-4317-4800-ac64-e4f1d8836617"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274018"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1811162"
    title: "Roxanne Shanté"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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