# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/verckys-kiamuangana-mateta
# Generated: 2026-08-15T19:41:35.542Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/verckys-kiamuangana-mateta"
name: "Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta"
slug: "verckys-kiamuangana-mateta"
description: "Georges Kiamuangana Mateta, known professionally as Verckys, was a Congolese saxophonist, composer, producer, bandleader, and record executive. A significant figure in the evolution of 20th-century Congolese and African popular music, he is referred to as \"Vévé\", \"the man with the iron lungs\" and \"Wazola Nzimbu\". Kiamuangana's record label Éditions Vévé brought many Congolese musicians to prominence, including Zaïko Langa Langa, Koffi Olomide, Empire Bakuba, Afrisa International, OK Jazz, Langa Langa Stars, Victoria Eleison, Historia Musica, Orchestre Kiam, and others."
tagline: "Congolese composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Verckys_Kiamuangana_Mateta.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-05-19"
deathDate: "2022-10-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.745861333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12498712/"
    handle:    "nm12498712"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1359242"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verckys_Kiamuangana_Mateta"
    title: "Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verckys_Kiamuangana_Mateta"
    title: "Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verckys_Kiamuangana_Mateta"
    title: "Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verckys_Kiamuangana_Mateta"
    title: "Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verckys_Kiamuangana_Mateta"
    title: "Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5ec1b5fc-f68c-4b46-bf99-58c341c2b442"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7921005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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