# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yellowman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:21:07.113Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yellowman"
name: "Yellowman"
slug: "yellowman"
description: "Winston Foster, better known by the stage name Yellowman and also known as King Yellowman, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay. He first became popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, rising to prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation."
tagline: "Jamaican reggae singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yellowman_backed_by_Sagittarius_Band%2C_Bersenbrueck_2007_-1_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.28
  momentum:             5.157440690944766
  historical:           16.492784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3057027/"
    handle:    "nm3057027"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6yTNMMqumesCWhMJ47HB2a"
    handle:    "6yTNMMqumesCWhMJ47HB2a"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kingyellowman.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/96316"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "يايلومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "イエローマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds_nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yellowman"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/870ec051-e50e-4bf9-b704-6098fe0e0297"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711228"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2251749"
    title: "Yellowman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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