Canibus

Germaine Williams (born December 9, 1974) better known by his stage name Canibus, is a Jamaican-American rapper, actor and member of The Hrsmn, Sharpshooterz, Cloak N Dagga, The Undergods, and one-half of T.H.E.M. Canibus rose to fame in the mid-Nineties. About.com placed him at number 32 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987-2007), while in 2012 The Source placed him number 44 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time.
Germaine Williams was born on December 9, 1974 in Kingston, Jamaica. He is of West African descent. His father, Basil Williams, is a former Jamaican cricketer. The family moved frequently, living in The Bronx, Queens, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Miami, Buffalo, and London due to his mother's career requiring constant relocation. Canibus stated that he was an introverted child growing up. After completing high school in 1992, he spent a year working for AT&T Corporation and another year as a data analyst for the U.S. Department of Justice. His interest in computers and the Internet led him to study computer science at DeKalb College in Atlanta.
He began rhyming in the mid-'90s and by 1995 under the name Canibus Sativa, and formed a duo called T.H.E.M. (The Heralds of Extreme Metaphors) with Atlanta rapper Webb (now called C.I., also known as Central Intelligence). While he was with Webb, he took part in a legendary cypher with the Wu Tang Clan family in Buffalo, New York, which earned him respect from the rap veterans. In 1996, T.H.E.M. split and Canibus teamed with businessman Charles Suitt. In December 1997, Canibus first publicly discussed a verbal confrontation with LL Cool J in an interview with Tourè for the Village Voice. Also attending the interview was John Forte, DMX, Big Pun, Mos Def and Mic Geronimo. The now legendary roundtable discussion was caught on film by Kurt Nice and first featured in early 1998 on Shades of Hip Hop compilation Hot 2 Def and re-released in 2004 on Shades of HipHop: The Cypher.

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