# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/swingfly
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:11:18.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/swingfly"
name: "Swingfly"
slug: "swingfly"
description: "Ricardo DaSilva II, better known by his stage name Swingfly, is an American–Swedish naturalised rapper and singer. He is also known by other aliases like Swing-Fly, Richie Pasta and Swing. He started lending his vocal talents to other artists' records, but has also developed also a solo career. He also appeared in Melodifestivalen 2011 with \"Me and My Drum\", finishing fifth. It became his most successful single, reaching the No. 2 position on the Swedish Singles Chart."
tagline: "Swedish rapper and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Swingfly_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             1.063291139240506
  historical:           7.482398666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4530041/"
    handle:    "nm4530041"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0HKAsgq0Bsl4O9VyWo3g9E"
    handle:    "0HKAsgq0Bsl4O9VyWo3g9E"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/70432"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "سوينجفلاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingfly"
    title: "Swingfly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingfly"
    title: "Swingfly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingfly"
    title: "Swingfly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingfly"
    title: "Swingfly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swingfly"
    title: "Swingfly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2758d2c7-643a-4685-a039-7f3cdab7fa54"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3064782"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1590350"
    title: "Richard Silva II"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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