Germaine Williams, better known by his stage name Canibus, is an American rapper. He is a member of supergroup The HRSMN. Germaine Williams was born in Jamaica in 1974.[1][2] His father, Basil Williams, is a former Jamaican cricketer.[3] The family moved frequently, living in The Bronx, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Miami, and Montreal[4] due to his mother's career requiring constant relocation.[1] Canibus stated that he was an introverted child growing up.[5] After completing high school in 1992, he spent a year working for AT&T and another year as a data analyst for the U.S. Department of Justice.[5] His interest in computers and the Internet led him to study computer science at DeKalb College in Atlanta.[4][6] His stage name is derived from the marijuana plant, cannabis, because he likes to think of his lyrics as "activating the mind" in the way the plant does.[6]