# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/u-roy
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:16:06.474Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/u-roy"
name: "U-Roy"
slug: "u-roy"
description: "Ewart Beckford OD, known by the stage name U-Roy, was a Jamaican vocalist and pioneer of toasting. U-Roy was known for a melodic style of toasting applied with a highly developed sense of timing."
tagline: "Jamaican musician (1942-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/URoy2021.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-09-21"
deathDate: "2021-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           67.71
  momentum:             15
  historical:           12.99950133333333
  currentAttention:     5.88
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 30000
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879634/"
    handle:    "nm0879634"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCknTmG4et7MMK2oY9-oKspg"
    handle:    "U-Roy - Topic"
    followers: 30000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "ا روى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Roy"
    title: "U-Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Roy"
    title: "U-Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Roy"
    title: "U-Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Roy"
    title: "U Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_Roy"
    title: "U Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Roy"
    title: "U-Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4"
    title: "U・ロイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nqo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DF%8E%DF%99%DF%90%DF%AD%DF%A6"
    title: "ߎߙߐ߭ߦ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Roy"
    title: "U-Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Roy"
    title: "U-Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Roy"
    title: "U-Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Roy"
    title: "U-Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c40fa847-7501-4eee-9a20-12d5d1c5c0db"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356920"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1151722"
    title: "U-Roy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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