Big Youth

Jamaican deejay
Person human Q794747
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Big Youth

Summary

Big Youth is a human[1]. His place of birth was Kingston[2]. He was born on April 19, 1949[3]. He worked as a singer[4] and musician[5]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (196 views/month, #7,198 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Big Youth was born in Kingston[2].
  • Big Youth was born on April 19, 1949[3].
  • Big Youth held citizenship in Jamaica[7].
  • Big Youth's professions included singer[4].
  • Big Youth worked as a musician[5].
  • Big Youth's field of work was reggae[8].
  • Big Youth is recorded as male[9].
  • Big Youth's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Big Youth's genre is reggae[11].
  • Big Youth's genre is dub music[12].
  • Big Youth's record label is recorded as ROIR[13].
  • Big Youth's Commons category is recorded as Big Youth[14].
  • Big Youth's family name is recorded as Buchanan[15].
  • Big Youth's given name is recorded as Manley[16].
  • Big Youth's given name is recorded as Augustus[17].
  • Big Youth's instrument is recorded as voice[18].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[19]

  • Country: JM[20]

  • Began / founded: 1949-04-19[21]

  • Community tags: classic pop and rock, jamaican[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6e4cbcf5-1b18-4719-98c2-7a2c9eccaa6d[23]

Body

Origins and Family

Big Youth's place of birth was Kingston[2]. He was born on April 19, 1949[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include singer[4] and musician[5]. Big Youth's field of work was reggae[8].

Why It Matters

Big Youth ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (196 views/month, #7,198 of 1,000,298).[6] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

FAQs

Where was Big Youth born?

Born in Kingston[2], Big Youth…

What did Big Youth do for work?

Big Youth worked as singer[4] and musician[5].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label
    Instance of human
    Given name Manley, Augustus
    Family name Buchanan
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    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32152|batch #32152]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (34)"
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