# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/canibus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:04:08.577Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/canibus"
name: "Canibus"
slug: "canibus"
description: "Germaine Williams, better known by his stage name Canibus, is a Jamaican-American rapper. First having gained recognition for his freestyling abilities, he signed with Universal Records to release his debut studio album, Can-I-Bus (1998). He has since released 13 solo studio albums, and several collaborative projects with other rappers as a member of the Four Horsemen, Refugee Camp All-Stars, Sharpshooterz, Cloak N Dagga, the Undergods and one-half of T.H.E.M."
tagline: "Jamaican-American rapper and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Canibus_at_Amager_Bio_4.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           66.22
  momentum:             0.9657118055555556
  historical:           16.181908
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 17500
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/darealcanibus"
    handle:    "darealcanibus"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/CanibusMusic"
    handle:    "CanibusMusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133974/"
    handle:    "nm0133974"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2lQvoGjN6jJfsAkaywtgrB"
    handle:    "Canibus"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.canibus-central.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdZPv1Pb0HrtnzxDd_w_zTQ"
    handle:    "@canibusvevo"
    followers: 17500
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/126433"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "كانيبوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "کانیبوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canibus"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f09f9d0-a88a-41a0-8cd8-a6dbcff2c50d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734481"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2432416"
    title: "Canibus"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump