# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shyheim
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:07:09.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shyheim"
name: "Shyheim"
slug: "shyheim"
description: "Shyheim Dionel Franklin is an American rapper from New York better known simply as Shyheim. He initially gained fame as a teenager, releasing his debut album AKA the Rugged Child at the age of 17 in 1994. He has spent the majority of his career affiliated with the Wu-Tang Clan, frequently collaborating with Method Man and Ghostface Killah."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shyheim_in_2011_(cropped).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: "1979-11-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.156096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291547/"
    handle:    "nm0291547"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0rqb5s3Cxj0lGr6jTrWc0P"
    handle:    "0rqb5s3Cxj0lGr6jTrWc0P"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://Theblockneversleeps.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlmgTxah7m9-k968cr-Tpg"
    handle:    "@soloxxskillzxx"
    followers: 3
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/172666"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyheim"
    title: "Shyheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyheim"
    title: "Shyheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyheim"
    title: "Shyheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyheim"
    title: "Shyheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyheim"
    title: "Shyheim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fb09bb85-5a97-4092-b056-a9e50773974a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954181"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1848770"
    title: "Shyheim Franklin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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