# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruben-rada
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:59:09.373Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruben-rada"
name: "Rubén Rada"
slug: "ruben-rada"
description: "Omar Ruben Rada Silva is an Uruguayan musician, singer, songwriter, percussionist, and actor. Widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Uruguayan popular music, he is known for blending Afro-Uruguayan traditions—particularly candombe—with rock, soul, jazz, and funk."
tagline: "Afro-Uruguayan musician, composer, percussionist, singer, actor, television host, and film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruben_Rada2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1943-06-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.63521333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/negrorada"
    handle:    "negrorada"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/negrorada"
    handle:    "negrorada"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705299/"
    handle:    "nm0705299"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.negrorada.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "روبن رادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "روبن رادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Rada"
    title: "Rubén Rada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Rada"
    title: "Rubén Rada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Rada"
    title: "Rubén Rada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Rada"
    title: "Rubén Rada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruben_Rada"
    title: "Ruben Rada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%80"
    title: "ルベン・ラダ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "روبن رادا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Rada"
    title: "Rubén Rada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5b032b22-6131-44c8-bccc-aae7006eec3a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974970"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2124296"
    title: "Rubén Rada"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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