# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-hurley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:33.792Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-hurley"
name: "Steve Hurley"
slug: "steve-hurley"
description: "Steve W. \"Silk\" Hurley, also known as J. M. Silk, is an American club DJ, house music producer, and songwriter."
tagline: "American DJ"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_%22Silk%22_Hurley.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: "1962-11-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.912386666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/stevesilkhurley"
    handle:    "stevesilkhurley"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/SteveSilkHurley"
    handle:    "SteveSilkHurley"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://myspace.com/stevesilkhurley"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2TzZ6XTFG1p1PAfhl0crDP"
    handle:    "Steve \"Silk\" Hurley"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/207982"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%DA%A4_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "ستيڤ هورلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hurley"
    title: "Steve Hurley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_%22Silk%22_Hurley"
    title: "Steve \"Silk\" Hurley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hurley"
    title: "Steve Hurley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hurley"
    title: "Steve Hurley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hurley"
    title: "Steve Hurley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_%22Silk%22_Hurley"
    title: "Steve \"Silk\" Hurley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/050a75ac-c855-408f-8570-805aee9df416"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1388088"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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