# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/torch
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:31:38.503Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/torch"
name: "Torch"
slug: "torch"
description: "Frederik Hahn , better known by his stage name Torch, is a German rapper. He is also known as DJ Haitian Star. He was among the first German rappers who began rapping in German in the mid-1980s in Heidelberg, laying the foundation for the success of German hip hop music. In 1985, Afrika Bambaataa named him king of the first German chapter of the Zulu Nation and also gave him the title: Overlord of Sound & Culture."
tagline: "Rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pressefoto_Torch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971-09-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.05
  momentum:             8.323442136498516
  historical:           6.064409333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Haitianstar"
    handle:    "Haitianstar"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Torch360"
    handle:    "Torch360"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.mctorch.de/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/84875"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch"
    title: "Torch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_(Rapper)"
    title: "Torch (Rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_(German_rapper)"
    title: "Torch (German rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_(rappeur_allemand)"
    title: "Torch (rappeur allemand)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Torch"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8e49050a-34a4-4365-9a31-183f8491535a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98791"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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