# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/savage
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:55:28.602Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/savage"
name: "Savage"
slug: "savage"
description: "Demetrius Christian Taanuu Savelio, better known by his stage name Savage, is a New Zealand hip hop recording artist, record producer and member of hip hop group the Deceptikonz. Savage was the first New Zealand hip hop artist to have a commercial single achieve platinum certification status in the United States. The \"International Breakthrough\" accolade of the Pacific Music Awards was created in his honour. Savage also has applied his recognisable voice in the electronic dance music space with 5× platinum hit ''Freaks'' with Timmy Trumpet, and 4 times platinum hit ''Swing'' with Joel Fletcher."
tagline: "New Zealand rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Savage_Deceptikonz_2007_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1981-06-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.15
  momentum:             1.838197644649258
  historical:           6.883232
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  240
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/SavageDkonz"
    handle:    "SavageDkonz"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/121637"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AC"
    title: "سافاج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%AC"
    title: "سافاج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_(Rapper)"
    title: "Savage (Rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_(rapper)"
    title: "Savage (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_(rap-muusikko)"
    title: "Savage (rap-muusikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_(rappare)"
    title: "Savage (rappare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/413f8dfe-1d83-42ec-bdaf-dfc9acc4d719"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4354163"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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