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.
[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 City 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").
[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.
In 2011 Metis' pre-single Champion was selected to front the 2011 ESPN Images of the Year commercial, played on SportsCenter across America throughout December and January 2011.
Metis debut album The Path released in 2013[citation needed] was produced with Jahlil Beats, Printz Board, !llmind, Mark Knight and James Reynolds.