# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/syran-mbenza
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:14:44.670Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/syran-mbenza"
name: "Syran Mbenza"
slug: "syran-mbenza"
description: "Syran Mbenza is a guitarist, originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who has lived in Paris since about 1981. He has recorded and performed prolifically over five decades, including as a solo artist; as one of the four members of the popular soukous \"supergroup\" Les Quatre Étoiles; as a founding member of the acoustic, Congolese rumba revival band Kékélé; in other bands; and in support of numerous artists. He has been described as one of the greatest guitar players of Africa."
tagline: "Congolese-French guitarist"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-05-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.54
  momentum:             2.787610619469027
  historical:           5.943737333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e46c4d6e-f624-4d2e-92ac-36960205a9ae"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syran_Mbenza"
    title: "Syran Mbenza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syran_Mbenza"
    title: "Syran Mbenza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syran_Mbenza"
    title: "Syran Mbenza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syran_Mbenza"
    title: "Syran Mbenza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syran_Mbenza"
    title: "Syran Mbenza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syran_Mbenza"
    title: "Syran Mbenza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64009634"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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