# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zelo
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:54:48.546Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zelo"
name: "Zelo"
slug: "zelo"
description: "Choi Jun-hong, known professionally as Zelo (젤로), is a South Korean rapper and dancer best known as the member of the South Korean boy group B.A.P. He made his recording debut with the single \"Never Give Up\" under B.A.P's sub-unit Bang&Zelo in November 2011. He departed TS Entertainment in December 2018."
tagline: "South Korean singer and rapper"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20170912_B.A.P_%EC%A0%A4%EB%A1%9C_%40%EB%8C%80%EC%A0%84_%ED%91%B8%EB%A5%B8%EC%9D%8C%EC%95%85%ED%9A%8C-1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1996-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.36
  momentum:             2.32311320754717
  historical:           10.80857333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ZELO96"
    handle:    "ZELO96"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/byzelo/"
    handle:    "byzelo"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tsenter.co.kr/03_ts_artist/01_Album.asp?aid=11"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4225675"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZELO"
    title: "ZELO"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "زيلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelo"
    title: "Zelo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelo_(cantante)"
    title: "Zelo (cantante)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%88_(%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "زلو (خواننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelo"
    title: "Zelo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelo"
    title: "Zelo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%A4%EB%A1%9C"
    title: "젤로"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelo"
    title: "Zelo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelo_(cantor)"
    title: "Zelo (cantor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelo"
    title: "Zelo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0befa810-2fff-48cb-a932-d9bf98ec7933"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3675341"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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