# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sefyu
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:42:31.461Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sefyu"
name: "Sefyu"
slug: "sefyu"
description: "Youssef Soukouna, better known by his stage name Sefyu, is a French rapper of Senegalese descent. He comes from Aulnay-sous-Bois, a city in the French department of Seine-Saint-Denis of which is located within the northern suburbs of Paris. Sefyu originally aspired to become a professional soccer player, but his dream was derailed after he sustained an injury whilst playing for English club Arsenal. He emerged upon the hip-hop scene in the early 2000s to commercial and critical acclaim."
tagline: "French rapper"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1981-04-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.6
  momentum:             0.01297016861219196
  historical:           11.21670933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHjeClDRUKkqCHWRzbMCLw"
    handle:    "UCrHjeClDRUKkqCHWRzbMCLw"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4962334/"
    handle:    "nm4962334"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2OULCPo7k0vPKlEZimhaVc"
    handle:    "2OULCPo7k0vPKlEZimhaVc"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.molotov4.com/sefyu-home/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/583876"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "سيفيو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefyu"
    title: "Sefyu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefyu"
    title: "Sefyu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefyu"
    title: "Sefyu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefyu"
    title: "Sefyu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefyu"
    title: "Sefyu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefyu"
    title: "Sefyu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefyu"
    title: "Sefyu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefyu"
    title: "Sefyu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefyu"
    title: "Sefyu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefyu"
    title: "Sefyu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fa2455c9-2b67-4143-a660-b6be70f6046f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2035152"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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