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Bio Timeline
1974 – Germaine Williams (aka Canibus) was born in Jamaica to Basil and Elaine Williams.
1992 – Germaine graduates high school.
1995 – Meets ATL rapper named Webb and forms “T.H.E.M” (The Heralds of Extreme Metaphors).
1995 – “T.H.E.M” cypher with Wu-Tang outside an ATL club, impressing RZA.
1996 – “T.H.E.M” break up. Canibus starts Group Home Entertainment with Charles Suitt – they sign “The Loys Boyz”
1996 – Begins rapping with Ras Kass & Heltah Skeltah
1997 – Canibus is introduced to Wyclef Jean by Jay-Z
1997 – LL Cool J asks Canibus to appear on his first radio single “4, 3, 2, 1″ alongside DMX, Redman & Method Man
1998 – Canibus releases debut LP “Can-I-Bus” on Universal which peaks at #2 on the Billboard charts, eventually going Gold.
2000 – Canibus releases 2nd LP “2000 B.C.” – First appearance of The HRSMN – a group consisting of Canibus, Ras Kass, Killah Priest & Kurupt.
2000 – Universal and Canibus part ways.
2001 – Canibus releases his 3rd album “C: True Hollywood Stories” via Archives Music (an indie label owned by Louis Lombard III).
2002 – Canibus joins the US Army.
2002 – Canibus releases his 4th album “Mic Club: The Curriculum” via Mic Club Music.
2003 – Canibus releases his 5th album “Rip the Jacker” via Babygrande, entirely produced by Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind.
2003 – The HRSMN Project is released via Think Differently / Proverbs Records.
2004 – Canibus is discharged from the Army for smoking cannabis.
2005 – Canibus releases collaboration album with Phoenix Orion called “Cloak N Dagga | Def Con Zero” via Head Trauma Records.
2005 – Canibus releases his 6th studio album “Mind Control” via Gladiator Music / Tommy Boy Records.
2005 – Canibus releases his 7th studio album “Hip-Hop for Sale” via Babygrande / Koch.
2007 – Canibus releases his 8th studio album “For Whom the Beat Tolls” via Mic Club Music.
2009 – Canibus forms “The Undergods” with Keith Murray.
2009 – The Undergods EP is released via Sound Records & Entertainment.
2009 – Canibus releases “The Paranoid Chillin” EP with Presto, Sick Since & Prince EA.
2010 – Canibus releases his 9th studio album “Melatonin Magik” via War Lab / RBC Records.
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