# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/z-ro
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:36:47.649Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/z-ro"
name: "Z-Ro"
slug: "z-ro"
description: "Joseph Wayne McVey, better known by his stage names Z-Ro and the Mo City Don, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. He was named one of America's most underrated rappers by The New York Times in 2007."
tagline: "American rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Z-Ro_cropped.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: "1977-01-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.56974
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 232000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/zromocitydon"
    handle:    "zromocitydon"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/zromocitydon/"
    handle:    "zromocitydon"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6MrdwyCIKbpXmTKQBlG3uq"
    handle:    "6MrdwyCIKbpXmTKQBlG3uq"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.themocitydon.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjQWgmp28Hzu7_B7YLkeJXQ"
    handle:    "@zroofficialvevo"
    followers: 232000
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/185587"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2_%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "ز رو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Z-Ro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Z-Ro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Z-Ro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Z-Ro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Z-Ro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95_(%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%99)"
    title: "זירו (מוזיקאי)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Z-Ro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC"
    title: "Z・ロー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Z-Ro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Z-Ro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Z-Ro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Z-Ro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Z-Ro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Z-Ro"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/36cf5c5e-14fb-42c0-a232-56bd449a81df"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135794"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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