# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tone-loc
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:17:40.679Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tone-loc"
name: "Tone Lōc"
slug: "tone-loc"
description: "Anthony Terrell Smith, better known by his stage name Tone Loc, is an American rapper, voice artist, and actor. He is known for his raspy voice, his hit songs \"Wild Thing\" and \"Funky Cold Medina\", for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award, and for being featured in \"We're All in the Same Gang\", a collaborative single by the West Coast Rap All-Stars."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Houston_Dash_90s_Bash%2C_2023-10-08_(53256126868)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1966-03-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.72470533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005159/"
    handle:    "nm0005159"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.toneloc.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تون لوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "تون لاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%86%DA%A9"
    title: "تۆن لۆک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_L%C5%8Dc"
    title: "Tone Lōc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_L%C5%8Dc"
    title: "Tone Lōc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Loc"
    title: "Tone Loc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Loc"
    title: "Tone Loc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "تون لاک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_Loc"
    title: "Tone Loc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_L%C5%8Dc"
    title: "Tone Lōc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A4_%EB%A1%9C%ED%81%AC"
    title: "톤 로크"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone-L%C5%8Dc"
    title: "Tone-Lōc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_L%C5%8Dc"
    title: "Tone Lōc"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/16da4997-78e1-4837-85f6-9247d10cde1f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1552233"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31004"
    title: "Tone Loc"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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