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KRS-One

1965 - Today

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Lawrence "Kris" Parker (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage names KRS-One (), an abbreviation of Knowledge Reigning Supreme Over Nearly Everyone, and Teacha, is an American rapper and occasional producer from Bronx, New York. He rose to prominence as part of the hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions, which he formed with DJ Scott La Rock in the mid-1980s. KRS-One is best known for his top hits, "Sound of da Police", "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)", and "My Philosophy", among others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of KRS-One has received more than 2,112,412 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). KRS-One is the 514th most popular singer (down from 495th in 2019), the 3,054th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,752nd in 2019) and the 154th most popular American Singer.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, KRS-One ranks 514 out of 3,541. Before him are Mos Def, Amr Diab, Liz Mitchell, Sharon den Adel, Kaliopi, and Cristina Deutekom. After him are Cesare Siepi, Mongo Santamaría, Patrick Hernandez, Paul Di'Anno, Stromae, and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, KRS-One ranks 63. Before him are Paul W. S. Anderson, Katarina Witt, Jan-Ove Waldner, Stefano Pioli, Fredrik Reinfeldt, and Vahide Perçin. After him are Stefka Kostadinova, Eddie Irvine, Haddaway, Muggsy Bogues, Kevin James, and Zakir Naik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, KRS-One ranks 3,054 out of 15,968. Before him are Walter Cronkite (1916), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Orson Scott Card (1951), Hal Ashby (1929), Lawrence Block (1938), and Jeff Buckley (1966). After him are Mack Swain (1876), Annie Edson Taylor (1838), Gertrude Ederle (1905), William A. Wheeler (1819), Jennifer Coolidge (1961), and Douglas Hofstadter (1945).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, KRS-One ranks 154. Before him are Waylon Jennings (1937), Bobby Darin (1936), Don McLean (1945), Emmylou Harris (1947), Big Mama Thornton (1926), and Mos Def (1973). After him are Lana Del Rey (1985), Bobby Kimball (1947), Wilson Pickett (1941), Brenda Lee (1944), Halsey (1994), and Kevin Federline (1978).

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