# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yg-marley
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:27:56.700Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yg-marley"
name: "YG Marley"
slug: "yg-marley"
description: "Joshua Omaru \"YG\" Marley is an American singer and rapper. He is the son of singer Lauryn Hill and former football player Rohan Marley, and the grandson of reggae pioneer Bob Marley. He rose to prominence with his 2023 debut single \"Praise Jah in the Moonlight\", which became an international hit, peaking within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and earning platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He has since collaborated with Busta Rhymes, Coco Jones, and Davido, appearing on the latter's 2024 single \"Awuke\"."
tagline: "American reggae singer and rapper (born 2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yohan_and_YG_Marley_at_JamRock_Cruise_2025_-_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Yohan_and_YG_Marley_at_JamRock_Cruise_2025_-_02_%28cropped%29.jpg"
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: "2001-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           72.64
  momentum:             2.181995322331136
  historical:           9.044138666666665
  currentAttention:     7.772358194265534
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 572000
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ygmarley/"
    handle:    "ygmarley"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0n4Fao9kbjgM76RmVlfSwr"
    handle:    "0n4Fao9kbjgM76RmVlfSwr"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8e-6sxvwGsUlBwZD-Y-0Zw"
    handle:    "@ygmarley"
    followers: 572000
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3ac35781-a75c-42d7-a053-ae47e7e64314"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "واي جي مارلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/YG_Marley"
    title: "YG Marley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YG_Marley"
    title: "YG Marley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/YG_Marley"
    title: "YG Marley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/YG_%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99"
    title: "YG מארלי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/YG_Marley"
    title: "YG Marley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/YG_Marley"
    title: "YG Marley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%AC%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C"
    title: "وائی جی مارلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124488549"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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