# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shay-haley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:25:51.261Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shay-haley"
name: "Shay Haley"
slug: "shay-haley"
description: "Sheldon \"Shay\" Haley, also known as Shade, is an American musician. He was a member of the rock and hip-hop band N.E.R.D., alongside Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo. In a 2010 interview, Williams stated that Haley is \"the root of the band\" and \"[Haley] keeps everyone grounded and together.\""
tagline: "American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/N.E.R.D_%40_Pori_Jazz_2010_-_Shay_Haley_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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: "1972-12-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.58
  momentum:             0.941034897713598
  historical:           9.096989333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/sheldonhaley"
    handle:    "sheldonhaley"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sha3/"
    handle:    "sha3"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4197402"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "شاي هالي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay_Haley"
    title: "Shay Haley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay_Haley"
    title: "Shay Haley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay_Haley"
    title: "Shay Haley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay_Haley"
    title: "Shay Haley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shae_Haley"
    title: "Shae Haley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay_Haley"
    title: "Shay Haley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shay_Haley"
    title: "Shay Haley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3b40aaf2-9883-499d-bc39-46fadeb96a65"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2584176"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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