# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tricky
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:43:22.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tricky"
name: "Tricky"
slug: "tricky"
description: "Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, better known by his stage name Tricky, is an English musician, record producer, vocalist and rapper. Born and raised in Bristol, in southwest England. Through his work with Massive Attack and other artists, Tricky became a major figure in the Bristol underground scene, which gave rise to multiple internationally recognized artists and the music genre of trip hop."
tagline: "British rapper and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tricky_%40_INmusic_festival.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1968-01-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.78
  momentum:             0.8998182777419544
  historical:           24.538768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Knowlewestboy"
    handle:    "Knowlewestboy"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/trickyofficial/"
    handle:    "trickyofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TrickyOfficial"
    handle:    "TrickyOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872635/"
    handle:    "nm0872635"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6hhA8TKRNryM8FNzqCqdDO"
    handle:    "6hhA8TKRNryM8FNzqCqdDO"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.trickysite.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "تريكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "تریکی (موسیقی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Трики"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky_(rapper)"
    title: "Tricky (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "تریکی (موسیقی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99"
    title: "טריקי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D6%80%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB"
    title: "Թրիքի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC"
    title: "トリッキー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8A%B8%EB%A6%AC%ED%82%A4"
    title: "트리키"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricky"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tricky_(musician)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5bf64d94-efd9-4334-96fd-e6197b0b02b8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313627"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/183500"
    title: "Tricky"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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