# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ya-boy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:36:59.021Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ya-boy"
name: "Ya Boy"
slug: "ya-boy"
description: "William Joseph Crawford, known by his stage name Ya Boy, is an American rapper from Fillmore District, California. He is best known for his 2011 single \"Lock Down\". The year prior, he signed with the latter's record label, Konvict Muzik, having first signed with San Quinn's Done Deal Entertainment to release his debut studio album, Rookie of the Year (2005). The following year, he signed with the Game's Black Wall Street Records, and later Mack 10's Hoo-Bangin' Records in 2009, although he released no albums with both labels."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ya-Boy_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1984-01-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.38
  momentum:             18.97078353253652
  historical:           11.237872
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ybtherockstar"
    handle:    "ybtherockstar"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/yaboytherockstar"
    handle:    "yaboytherockstar"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3807775/"
    handle:    "nm3807775"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7zG99MOjfpkKnku9puVApB"
    handle:    "7zG99MOjfpkKnku9puVApB"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1273173"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "يا بوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "يا بوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Boy"
    title: "Ya Boy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Boy"
    title: "Ya Boy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Boy"
    title: "Ya Boy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Boy"
    title: "Ya Boy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Boy"
    title: "Ya Boy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Boy"
    title: "Ya Boy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Boy"
    title: "Ya Boy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Boy"
    title: "Ya Boy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ya_Boy"
    title: "Ya Boy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b81f61cd-9dc9-4eb4-ab33-75f28b400076"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1803687"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4911085"
    title: "Ya Boy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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