Kanwer Singh (born July 12, 1981), known professionally as Humble the Poet, is a Canadian YouTube personality, author, rapper and spoken-word artist.

Kanwer Singh was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to immigrant Indian Punjabi Sikh parents.

In 2010 he left his job as a teacher and became Humble the Poet to embrace poetry and spoken word full-time.

[4] Singh began releasing his recorded tracks on YouTube independently in 2008.

He also revealed that he would begin a podcast, titled "Humble The Poet Daily'ish"[8]