# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:28:57.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ty"
name: "Ty"
slug: "ty"
description: "Benedict Okwuchukwu Godwin Chijioke, better known by his stage name Ty, was a Nigerian-British rapper. He released the albums Awkward (2001), Upwards (2003), Closer (2006), Special Kind of Fool (2010)\nand A Work of Heart (2018). Upwards was nominated for a Mercury Prize. Ty collaborated with musicians such as Shortee Blitz, Drew Horley, Tony Allen, Roots Manuva and De La Soul."
tagline: "British rapper (1972–2020)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/7vxoASi2aZZzw6c4guFSaPdE45y.jpg"
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: "1972-08-17"
deathDate: "2020-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.2
  momentum:             1.322549317147193
  historical:           12.19101066666667
  currentAttention:     26.92
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/tymusic"
    handle:    "tymusic"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/tymusical/"
    handle:    "tymusical"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TYMusicFanpage"
    handle:    "TYMusicFanpage"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5725146/"
    handle:    "nm5725146"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2hED6gNVoqGvmmX8i5dRoj"
    handle:    "2hED6gNVoqGvmmX8i5dRoj"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tymusic.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/39954"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_(rapper)"
    title: "Ty (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "تاي (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%89_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "تاى (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty"
    title: "Ty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_(Rapper)"
    title: "Ty (Rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_(rapper)"
    title: "Ty (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_(raperoa)"
    title: "Ty (raperoa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_(rapper)"
    title: "Ty (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4_(%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%81%AEMC)"
    title: "タイ (イギリスのMC)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Chijioke"
    title: "Ben Chijioke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_(rapper)"
    title: "Ty (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_(m%C3%BCzisyen)"
    title: "Ty (müzisyen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/59d27db5-1f79-44e5-98a9-7d7aefdffd6a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2462506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42711"
    title: "Ty Olsson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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