Metis (American musician)

Jihan Bowes-Little, who performs under the stage name Metis is a hip hop and spoken word artist originally from Northern California's Bay Area.

Biography

Bowes-Little grew up in San Francisco.^[1] He gained a scholarship to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island where he studied philosophy and economics, and later studied at the London School of Economics.^[1]

Bowes-Little's first career was as a professional basketball player, after which he worked as a trader for investment banks in New York and London, including the position of vice president, credit trading at Goldman Sachs, while pursuing a second career as a hip hop artist and poet in the evenings since 2007 under the name Metis (a reference to the Greek language, which he describes as "perceiving the true essence of things").^[1][2]

He left Goldman Sachs in January 2009 to concentrate on his music and book and film projects.^[3] His first video-single, "Chameleon", was top 20 in South Africa according to Channel O's playlist information.^{[citation needed]} His debut album, The Path, produced with members of M People, and with contributions from Busy Signal, Demarco, 88 Keys, K-Salaam, Dilated Peoples, Soul Diggaz, and Curtis Lynch is due for release in 2010. In late 2009, Metis won four awards at the Exposure Music Awards East ceremony in Cambridge, in the categories Best Male Artist, Best Live!, Best Urban Song ("Hustlin"), and Best Alternative Song ("All In").^[4]

He has written an autobiography, The Trade, which has been picked up by a literary agent and with which he has tried to interest Hollywood directors with a view to turning it into a film.^[1][3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Lester, Paul (2009) "New band of the day No 516: Metis", The Guardian, 30 March 2009, retrieved 4 December 2009
2. ^ Ahuja, Vivek (2009) "Life After The City: Jihan Bowes-Little", efinancialnews.com, 23 June 2009, retrieved 4 December 2009
3. ^ ^{a b} Schwartzapfel, Beth (2009) "His Double Life", Brown Alumni Magazine, November/December 2009, retrieved 4 December 2009
4. ^ "METIS SCOOPS FOUR EMA’S IN THE EAST!", Exposure Music Awards, retrieved 5 December 2009

External links

• Official website
• Metis EP Review, ukmusic.com
• Metis Biography, britishhiphop.co.uk
• http://www.dance4life.com/en_4life/en_hiphopspokenword

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